Privacy
We are what we tweet: Wagatha, social media and the death of privacy
It’s been a darkly entertaining celebrity bunfight between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney, but the light it shone on the nation’s online health should worry us all
Tim Adams
21, May, 2022 @2:08 PM
Planned EU rules to protect children online are attack on privacy, warn critics
Encrypted messaging apps could be threatened by requirement for platforms to search for and combat child sexual abuse
Alex Hern UK technology editor
12, May, 2022 @4:00 PM
Bid to compulsorily harvest medical records to meet opposition in Victoria’s parliament
Bill to establish a database of all health records expected to be introduced in the upper house Thursday
Adeshola Ore
11, May, 2022 @5:30 PM
Author of review into aborted GP data sharing in England opted out of scheme
Prof Ben Goldacre cited risks of deanonymisation as his main reason for withdrawing his consent
Alex Hern
11, May, 2022 @4:41 PM
Twitter takeover: EU and UK warn Elon Musk must comply or face sanctions
EU commissioner raises hate speech concerns as UK draws attention to penalties in online safety bill
Dan Milmo and Mark Sweney
27, Apr, 2022 @1:08 AM
Catalan president calls for investigation as spyware targets pro-independence leaders
Pere Aragonès says the Spanish government must have known about the spying, but it denies all wrongdoing
Sam Jones in Madrid
19, Apr, 2022 @4:29 PM
Australian Border Force searched 822 phones in 2021 despite having no power to demand passcodes
Greens digital rights spokesperson says officers should be required to get a warrant before going through travellers’ mobile phones
Josh Taylor
07, Apr, 2022 @5:30 PM
Home Office illegally seized phones of 2,000 asylum seekers, court rules
Secret, blanket policy to take mobiles and extract data from them judged unlawful on several fronts
Diane Taylor
25, Mar, 2022 @3:23 PM
Guardian wins legal challenge over access to employment tribunal papers
Ruling builds on recent judgments enhancing rights of reporters to access documents placed before court
Guardian staff
22, Mar, 2022 @2:18 PM
Not using a password manager? Here’s why you should be…
Experts recommend password managers for convenience and enhanced online safety, yet few of us use them
Kate O'Flaherty
19, Mar, 2022 @5:00 PM
Weight Watchers allegedly used diet app to illegally gather data on children, FTC says
Kurbo, designed to target children as young as eight, allegedly encouraged users to claim they were at least 13 years old
Maya Yang
05, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM
NHS Scotland Covid app rebuked for breaching data privacy laws
UK watchdog says app was not clear about how data is used and it may consider ‘further regulatory action’
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
25, Feb, 2022 @4:55 PM
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