GCHQ recruiting Generation Xbox for spy jobs
Up to 100 members of “Generation Xbox” will be offered a career by GCHQ security services under a scheme announced by Foreign Secretary William Hague.The…
Snoopers Charter Communications Bill will uncover wrong targets warns data watchdog
Plans to monitor all Britons’ online activity risk uncovering “incompetent criminals and accidental anarchists” rather than serious offenders, the Information Commissioner has warned.Ministers want to…
Google’s personal data privacy policy rethink demanded by EU
Google has been told by the EU to change the way it gathers personal data information if it is to avoid “high risks to the…
US prepares first use cyber strike
Cyber strikes could inflict as much damage on the US as the physical attacks on 11 September 2001- the US defence secretary has warned.Leon Panetta…
Facebook UK makes loss
Facebook’s UK business made a loss last year.Facebook also joins the list of those companies which some may accuse of tax dodging as they paid…
Google closes book scanning lawsuit
Google has closed a seven year legal lawsuit with the Association of American Publishers (AAP).The legal battle started in 2005 after Google announced a plan…
Facebook passes one billion users mark
Facebook now has more than one billion people using it every month the company has announced.The company said that those billion users were to date…
ICO data watchdog starts cookie crackdown
Websites which do not comply with new red tape on collecting cookie data from online customers will be contacted within weeks by the Information Commissioner’s…
How to create better health sector websites
Like any online experience NHS health websites must be built around it’s users’ needs- in this case patients.They need to be much more clear and…
Data breaches numbers increases by 10 times
Data breaches in the UK have increased ten fold in the past five years- figures from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reveal.In local government the…