Policy & legislation

Code of Conduct and Certification services aim to help organisations show greater accountability

The data breach is the latest of Samsung’s “technical errors”

Complaints soared by 75% in 2019 and multinational tech probes climbed to 21, although no fines were collected

FOI request reveals Ministry of Defence is the worst offender, with 767 devices lost in a year

The decision is driven by fears the UK may step out-of-sync with the EU's data protection laws

The move follows the French example and is aimed at enabling Spain's tax system to deal with the digital world

Calls to treat companies like Facebook as being “somewhere in between” a newspaper and a telco are rejected

If your computer systems are attacked, is the law effective enough to put those criminals behind bars?

Not all cloud products support the same level of security, so what should organisations be looking out for?

The government waters down its Online Harms proposals, but tech companies could still face fines

Members of his team argue they were pen-testing the Labour Party membership database

Both companies face an "own-volition statutory inquiry" after complaints made to the regulators

The controversial copyright directive won the approval of EU member states

A look at the UK's national data laws and how GDPR fits into the puzzle

The UK's competition watchdog wants new powers that rival international regulators

Sky, Jaguar Land Rover, Three and HSBC are said to be sidestepping IR35 rules with unfair policies

The approved resolution aims to see more chargers get recycled

EC wants European companies to have better access to the bloc’s vast quantities of data

ORG warns UK government not to let US push it into weaker data protection laws

Security company will ask all users of its free antivirus if they are willing to let their browsing data be shared with third parties

The UK faces the challenge of convincing Europe that its post-Brexit data protection will be adequate

Brexit's effect on data laws demands that data management remains a top business priority for UK organisations

The startup's facial recognition tech is used by law enforcement and can match people to images from multiple social networking sites