Privacy

Law enforcement agencies shouldn't be above the law. Find out if the UK's GCHQ illegally spied on you...

Russian authorities have indicated that VPNs and online anonymising software Tor could soon be banned for the country's 143.5 million residents.

After the Anthem mega-breach, questions abound about possible abuses of medical data. Here is a breakdown that offers some context.

The Microsoft Outlook app has been banned from use in the EU Parliament, according to emails from the parliament's IT department, seen by PC World.

WhatsApp's privacy settings are "broken" and can be bypassed by downloading a simple bit of software, claims the Dutch developer behind proof-of-concept tool WhatsSpy Public.

The British government has released a document outlining the rules that British spy and law enforcement agencies have to follow in their hacking activities, reports The Guardian.

Your internet-enabled Samsung Smart TV could be listening to everything you say, and sharing it with third parties.

A Russian dating website that had 20 million email addresses stolen last week, has paid the hackers not to sell the information, TechWeek Europe reports.

Tracking apps and spyware are a genuine risk, and an extremely unpleasant invasion of privacy for many. Here are our tips on how to recognize if you have a tracking app on your phone, and what to do about it.