Court of Appeal to decide whether Investigatory Powers Tribunal has powers to award compensation for legal costs to victims of unlawful surveillance

Large language models must have lawful basis for processing personal data – ‘benefiting humanity’ is not enough, says Information Commissioner’s Office

Businesses are being inundated with trivial AI-generated data protection, say lawyers

Although the UK and Europe have laws to restrict Chinese technology from critical infrastructure, implementation is patchy

A reimagined structure for the UK data regulator raises questions about the effectiveness of its oversight, as staff continue to express concern over a toxic workplace culture that has taken hold under the organisation’s leadership

Northern Ireland journalist subject to unlawful communications surveillance seeks damages from police in Northern Ireland in high court claim for data protection breaches and harassment

French local authorities to deploy ‘sovereign’ end-to-end encrypted messaging service in a move away from US big tech

National Centre for Information Defence will disrupt information warfare from hostile states, UK prime minister Andy Burnham has announced

European Union urged to deploy real-time European cyber alert platform to share information with member states on cross-border cyber attacks

UK government argues that national security would be damaged if it departs from ‘neither confirm nor deny policy’ on Apple ‘backdoor’ notice

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says technology platforms will have to prove they are safe before children can access them

Cyber attackers linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security are targeting opponents and opposition groups with Windows spyware

Computer Weekly's Bill Goodwin has seen both sides of the courtroom during a career spent exposing the surveillance state and protecting those who wish to let the world know its secrets

MPs and peers call for the UK to create a statutory AI oversight body with powers to test and evaluate high-risk uses of AI and to prevent the deployment of AI that poses risks to human rights

Congress warns that the UK’s unprecedented secrecy over a ‘backdoor’ surveillance order against Apple is straining relations between the two countries

Phone and tablet users will be required to verify their ages with credit card or official ID under government plans to prevent under-18s viewing nude images.

The government has rejected an amendment to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill intended to protect cyber security professionals, but says reforms are a priority

Europe’s data protection supervisor (EDPS) faces court action over claims it failed to properly investigate Europol for ‘unlawfully’ processing the data of a human rights activist

The Financial Conduct Authority warns that frontier AI models are finding security vulnerabilities faster than firms can patch them

An amendment to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will give the government powers to switch off AI systems or datacentres in an emergency