Privacy - UK

• Facebook fined for data breaches in Cambridge Analytica scandal July 11, 2018
• EU judges may be asked to rule on legality of UK surveillance powers June 5, 2017
• UK security agencies unlawfully collected data for 17 years, court rules October 18, 2016
• Labour bought data on 1m mothers and their children July 11, 2018
• Google loses 'right to be forgotten' case April 13, 2018
• UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful January 30, 2018
• European Court to decide whether UK mass surveillance revealed by Snowden violates human rights November 11, 2017
• UK government releases statement of intent describing new data protection bill August 11, 2017
• UK plans age verification for porn websites from 2018 July 17, 2017
• What will the UK election mean for online privacy? June 5, 2017
• UK government pushes for companies to weaken encryption May 31, 2017
• UK government proposes porn-viewing ID numbers October 20, 2016
• UK spy agencies broke privacy rules says tribunal October 18, 2016
• UK police listened in to 9 percent more calls last year September 9, 2016
• UK report finds rising digital privacy concerns April 21, 2016
• UK spy agencies have collected bulk personal data since 1990s April 21, 2016
• Investigatory powers bill lacks clarity, MP warns February 1, 2016
• UK Open Rights Group crowdfunds mass surveillance explainer January 4, 2016
• How the UK Investigatory Powers Bill will affect Internet Service Providers December 22, 2015
• Apple statement against UK surveillance bill December 22, 2015
• Don't Spy on Us condemns the fast-tracking of UK new surveillance legislation November 26, 2015
• Open Rights Group response to UK draft Investigatory Powers Bill November 4, 2015
• UK Investigatory Powers Bill now published November 4, 2015
• Open Rights Group revised version of GCHQ activities November 3, 2015
• UK police is lobbying for mandatory retention of browsing history October 30, 2015
• British mass surveillance program tracks web users’ online identities September 25, 2015
• UK steps in enforcing the right to be forgotten August 24, 2015
• UN privacy special rapporteur believes in a Geneva convention for the Internet August 24, 2015
• UK High Court opinion on data retention law July 29, 2015
• UK told to review counter-terrorism legislation by UN human rights committee July 24, 2015
• UK court rules surveillance law unconstitutional July 20, 2015
• Access joins letter to UK officials criticizing GCHQ for spying on human rights groups July 1, 2015
• New UK law would give government access to encrypted Internet messaging apps July 1, 2015
• British intelligence agency hacked Pakistan Internet Exchange June 23, 2015
• UK government quietly rewrites cybersecurity legislation May 18, 2015
• GCHQ must destroy documents containing legally privileged communications April 29, 2015
• UK: Safari users win right to sue Google over privacy March 27, 2015
• Handful of UK spies accessed private information inappropriately, report says March 12, 2015
• UK surveillance laws need total overhaul, says landmark report March 12, 2015
• More than 500,000 communications data intercepts authorised in UK last year March 12, 2015
• UK spying report to be published March 12, 2015
• Scottish identity database plans carry privacy risk, ministers warned March 2, 2015
• UK admits unlawfully monitoring legally privileged communications February 18, 2015
• UK court finds secret spying docs made surveillance illegal February 11, 2015
• UK: Ripa drafters did not consider its use to access journalists' data February 11, 2015
• The Snoopers’ Loophole: why winning against GCHQ is bittersweet February 10, 2015
• UK political parties' approach to digital issues February 10, 2015
• GCHQ datasharing with the NSA deemed unlawful February 7, 2015
• UK court declared that the secrecy behind GCHQ surveillance program was illegal February 7, 2015
• GCHQ-NSA intelligence sharing unlawful, says UK surveillance tribunal February 6, 2015
• Senior peers drop attempt to revive Communications Data Bill February 2, 2015
• UK Communications Data Bill supported by peers February 2, 2015
• Databox concept - research on personal data management and protection February 1, 2015
• Google agrees privacy policy changes with data protection watchdog January 30, 2015
• UK snoopers charter blocked January 23, 2015
• UK RIPA changes may allow access to phone and email records of journalists, lawyers, doctors, MPs January 13, 2015
• UK Prime Minister wants intelligence agencies to be able to track all communications January 13, 2015
• UK public consultation on Privacy and Civil Liberties December 18, 2014
• British surveillance agency releases encryption app for kids December 12, 2014
• UK specialist for catching dark net pedophiles December 11, 2014
• Spotting terrorist behaviour online is harder than finding child ​abuse images December 4, 2014
• UK becoming a surveillance state? November 1, 2014
• UK: Emergency legislation on data retention pushed through August 1, 2014