Self-destructing messages are undemocratic, say transparency campaigners preparing judicial reviewMinisters could be stopped from using Read More
Mar 29, 2021
Data protection
Jul 20, 2020
Government admits breaking privacy law with NHS test and trace
Ministers accused of reckless behaviour over roll-out, with Guardian learning of data breachesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus Read More
Jul 16, 2020
The background to EU citizens’ court win over US tech giants
Data privacy rights have been backed by a new ruling, the latest twist in a nine-year campaign to limit surveillance by US agencies A ruling of the Read More
Jul 16, 2020
Tech firms like Facebook must restrict data sent from EU to US, court rules
Long-running legal saga finds inadequate protections against snooping on personal data by US intelligence agenciesTech companies like Facebook could Read More
Jul 16, 2020
Police and CPS scrap digital data extraction forms for rape cases
Exclusive: case of two complainants funded by Equality and Human Rights Commission forces U-turnThe Crown Prosecution Service and police have been Read More
Jun 18, 2020
Police take too much data from victims’ phones, says watchdog
Information commissioner says victims and witnesses in England and Wales could be put off reporting crimesPolice are extracting “excessive amounts of Read More
Jun 17, 2020
Police in England and Wales dropping rape inquiries when victims refuse to hand in phones
Investigation finds cases being closed when complainants refuse ‘digital strip search’Rape investigations are being systematically dropped after Read More
May 07, 2020
UK contact-tracing app could fall foul of privacy law, government told
More protections needed before coronavirus app fully launched, says human rights committeeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus Read More
May 02, 2020
Data protection laws are great. Shame they are not being enforced | John Naughton
A shortage of technical experts in EU regulatory authorities means companies can carry on invading our privacyOn 25 May 2018, the General Data Read More
Feb 13, 2020
Police keeping drink-driver’s DNA breached his rights, judges rule
Strasbourg decision in Fergus Gaughran’s case is problem for police data storageUK police who indefinitely retained in their records the DNA profile Read More
Dec 06, 2019
Has WhatsApp become a potential career assassin? | Afua Hirsch
The app helped connect me to an inspiring sisterhood. But the case of police officer Robyn Williams shows unopened messages can be a legal minefieldWe Read More
Oct 03, 2019
EU citizens lose court challenge over access to Home Office data
Judge rules Data Protection Act clause denying them right to obtain records is not unlawfulBrexit latest – live updatesCampaigners have lost a high Read More