Online Crime Maps Could Be Useful For Criminals Says Police Chief

Next generation broadband networks would reach 70% of the UK population by 2017 without any public funding or Government intervention, a Government report has said. The Government is planning to introduce a controversial 50p per...

The UK Government is buckling up to crack down hard on terrorist websites distributing messages of hatred and information on perilous techniques by using crowdsourcing techniques. The UK Home Office has created a dedicated...

More than 2,500 batches of Government data have been published on a newly-launched website designed to allow people to create new applications based on that information Information on everything from traffic to house prices to...

Measures put in place by the Government to better protect individuals' personal data have been successful but more work is needed, according to the first annual internal report due under the new regime. After a series of...

In an attempt to educate Britons who are not familiar with information technology, the UK government has announced the "Online Basics Scheme", under which it will offer free-of-charge short online courses that will teach people...

With the growth of the Internet, the concept of an online society has quickly become reality. And as with any society, distinctions between acceptable and deviant behaviour are growing, creating new demands for...

The German Government has lodged an objection to the deal which will allow Google to continue to scan, and sell digitised copies of, many of the world's in-copyright books. A court will decide in October if a $125 million deal...

The Business secretary, Lord Mandelson, has apparently personally intervened to include an amendment to the Digital Britain report that would force ISPs to disconnect UK customers who share illegal content online. The...

A Government plan to allow more extensive sharing of personal data is not restricted to the public sector and could result in Government-collected information being shared with private companies, a privacy expert has said. A new...

" Its report includes safeguards it recommends to avoid the UK becoming a surveillance society. The Committee examined surveillance in public and private life, from CCTV and plans for a national ID card to credit card...

Astute British citizens (90% of adults are now aware of the Data Protection Act) has expressed an alarming loss of trust in established institutions, including government departments, to safeguard their personal data. According...

Reports are coming in that a US-based Web server that hosts several hundred Chinese blogs - many of which report on the repressive nature of the regime in China - has been hit by a DDOS attack over Christmas. The site - Boxun.com...

The Government will launch a public consultation this autumn on an exemption from copyright law for people who are moving music on to MP3 players. But the plan for a private copying exemption does not address the controversial...

UK citizens are “walking like sheep, bleating,” into a total surveillance society, Bob Ayers, of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) warned today at the 19th Annual Conference of FIRST, the Forum of...

The UK Parliament has launched an enquiry into the surveillance conducted on citizens by the Government. It will investigate the growing number and scope of government databases holding increasing amounts of information on...