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13 Dec 2011
Two teenagers who admitted to attempting to organise a riot in Dundee via Facebook while similar events were taking place in England have each been jailed for three years, according to press reports.
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28 Nov 2011
The Government is to team up with the private sector to create a joint cyber security 'hub' to manage responses to cyber attacks, it has announced.
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25 Nov 2011
The Metropolitan Police (MPS) has arrested a man on suspicion of committing offences under the Computer Misuse Act as part of an ongoing investigation into computer hacking, it has said.
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21 Nov 2011
Individuals subject to extradition from the UK to face criminal charges abroad could be tried in the UK despite a recent review of UK extradition laws recommending otherwise, the UK's top legal advisor has said.
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21 Nov 2011
The European Commission will draft new laws next year that will enable music fans to pay for music through a pan-EU cross-border licensing system.
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27 Sep 2011
Some makers of mobile phone apps are secretly charging phone users for services they never asked for, premium rate phone regulator PhonepayPlus (PPP) has said. It has proposed guidance that it hopes would prevent consumers being harmed.
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23 Sep 2011
Using cloud computing in public services should be investigated "as a matter of urgency" because the location of data outside the UK could erode UK citizens' legal rights, the Liberal Democrat party has warned.
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16 Sep 2011
Senior managers of UK businesses are "uninformed" about cyber threats to their business, new research has claimed.
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06 Sep 2011
Almost a third of UK companies block or discourage employees' social media access at work, according to a new study.
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31 Aug 2011
Pupils should learn about privacy and information rights at school, the UK's data protection watchdog has said.
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