Data protection
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Trump order may give Pentagon bigger role in civilian cybersecurityLeaked draft gives defense department equal footing with homeland security, but White House announces signing is cancelled without explanation on Tuesday
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In a post-truth world, statistics could provide an essential public serviceStatisticians can now amass more data more quickly than ever. This could help us to make decisions based on real numbers, not prejudice
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The NHS should protect patient confidentialityLetters: The agreement of the NHS to hand over patient information to the Home Office immigration authorities fills us with anger and dismay
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Turnbull says One Nation’s medicinal cannabis amnesty 'irresponsible'PM says government doesn’t have power for an amnesty and also says it’s unlikely classified information leaked when ministers’ Yahoo accounts hacked
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US government collecting social media information from foreign travelersVisitors filing visa waiver application are prompted to enter account names for social platforms, but activists say there are few guidelines for use of information
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Surveillance has gone too far. The jig is upRather than fight the EU court ruling on the Investigatory Powers Act, the government should move to targeted surveillance that doesn’t sweep up everybody’s private lives
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EU ruling means UK snooper's charter may be open to challengeMinisters can no longer be certain that Investigatory Powers Act can survive privacy actions in UK courts after landmark surveillance decision
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Twitter blocks government 'spy centers' from accessing user dataACLU investigation revealed fusion centers could access monitoring tech to target activists and journalists while racially profiling people deemed ‘suspicious’
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Fake news and a 400-year-old problem: we need to resolve the ‘post-truth’ crisisThe internet echo chamber satiates our appetite for pleasant lies and reassuring falsehoods and has become the defining challenge of the 21st century
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How can I protect myself from government snoopers?Now that the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 - or snooper’s charter – has become law, Charles wants to protect his privacy
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Why we should worry about WhatsApp accessing our personal informationConsumers have a right to be protected. That’s why my office, the information commission, has asked Facebook and WhatsApp to pause plans for data sharing
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Facebook 'pauses' WhatsApp data sharing after ICO interventionInformation Commissioner’s Office raised concerns over social network’s collection of messaging app’s data
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'Here's your personal data': how an anonymous tipoff revealed Red Cross breachA security expert sounded the alarm after he was sent the personal details of more than half a million Australian blood donors
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US internet providers must ask customers before using data, FCC saysAT&T, Verizon and other companies claim new measure, which includes browsing history, apps and location data, will hamper advertising revenue
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Australia's 2016 census website shutdown to cost $30mAustralian Bureau of Statistics says 40-hour outage meant the $100m saving from moving the census online was now likely to be about $70m
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ACLU takes on Fisa court over secret decisions on surveillance lawsMotion argues that first amendment requires panel to release classified decisions from 2001 to 2015 that formed foundation of government’s surveillance activities
The Guardian view on the digital economy bill: a last chance to get it right