NHS websites will no longer burn up your mobile data allowance, say Brit telcos Coronavirus advice to become free to view even if you're out of credit Personal Tech19 Mar 2020 | 16
7 years after hooking up, SAP gets much, much cosier with Ariba's supply chain and procure-to-pay software ERP giant targets unified master data management and data model Software19 Mar 2020 | 1
After 1.5 million days of computer time, SETI@home heads home to probe potential signs of alien civilizations 'We're now approaching the point to do the analysis and write-up,' co-founder tells El Reg Science04 Mar 2020 | 69
Oh good, the FTC has discovered acqui-hires... American watchdog to probe decade of Big Tech takeovers Hope they've got a dump truck or three to deliver paperwork covering years of acquisitions Science11 Feb 2020 | 13
Revealed: NHS England bosses meet with tech and pharmaceutical giants to discuss price list of millions of Brits' medical data Exclusive Nine 'commercial models' to access central database mulled at hush-hush meeting Science12 Dec 2019 | 191
Amnesty slams Facebook, Google over 'pervasive surveillance' business model Rights warriors want governments to actually, y'know, do something – anything Security21 Nov 2019 | 25
London has decent 5G availability but speeds lag behind Birmingham and Cardiff – research Over 60% access better than anything found in US and SK Networks19 Nov 2019 | 22
Microsoft embraces California data privacy law – don't expect Google to follow suit Software giant promises to extend protections across US Legal12 Nov 2019 | 22
Tech and mobile companies want to monetise your data ... but are scared of GDPR Are you guys also feeling a bit teary and sad for those poor, poor businesses? Legal05 Nov 2019 | 68
GraphQL a cut above the REST, say query lang's fans: Airbnb, Knotel, others embrace the tech Data-fetching scheme seems to be catching on Software31 Oct 2019 | 9
Who's the leakiest of them all? It's the UK's public sector, breach fine analysis reveals Ah, the old lost disk scenario... On-Prem28 Oct 2019 | 16
The Great Data Takeout: Facebook, Google etc may be forced to hand over control of your info via an API (for a fee) Delivery may be slow: US lawmakers, NIST still figuring it all out Personal Tech23 Oct 2019 | 6
UK culture sec hints at replacing TV licence fee, defends encryption ban proposals and her boss in Hacker House inquiry Nuggets from Nicky Morgan's grilling by select committee Legal17 Oct 2019 | 186
Heavy data protection regulation looms in Labour plans for post-Brexit flows and IoT devices Westminster Hall debate shows parties in harmony over sticking their oar in Legal08 Oct 2019 | 10
Pesky legacy kit! It's stopping UK.gov getting at your data – watchdog Don't worry, DCMS is about to publish 'yet another strategy' On-Prem25 Sep 2019 | 8
Cloud, internet biz will take a Yellowhammer to the head in 'worst case' no-deal Brexit Analysis UK govt releases contingency doc and everything thing is [fine/a living nightmare] (delete as appropriate) SaaS12 Sep 2019 | 192
Welsh police use of facial recog tech – it's so 'lawful', rules High Court Claimant to appeal judgment and campaign for outright ban Science04 Sep 2019 | 41
UK watchdog fined firms £3m for data breaches last year – before its GDPR balls dropped They'll never be so low again. Ask Marriott and British Airways Security10 Jul 2019 | 18
Shut the barn door: UK data watchdog tells MPs mass slurping by firms is a huge risk to privacy You need to rifle through my photos why, exactly? Security20 Jun 2019 | 38
It's all in the wrist: Your fitness tracker could be as much about data warfare as your welfare Column Tick, tick, boom? Personal Tech19 Jun 2019 | 101
Zuck it up: Facebook hit with triple whammy of legal probes, action in Canada, US, Ireland Ignoring privacy laws, storing plain text passwords, slurping millions of contact details come back to bite web giant Security26 Apr 2019 | 57
Hams try to re-carve the amateur radio spectrum in fight over open or encoded transmissions Radio enthusiasts argue signals must travel in the open, for the sake of national security Legal05 Apr 2019 | 56
Facebook's at it again: Internal emails show it knew about Cambridge Analytica abuse 'months' before news broke Comment No lie, says Zuck and co, it was a separate data thing that we forgot to mention Legal22 Mar 2019 | 65
Facebook blames 'server config change' for 14-hour outage. Someone run that through the universal liar translator Is a single tweet enough when millions of people's communications are affected? SaaS14 Mar 2019 | 182
Tech sector risks GM-crops-like crackdown if it doesn't win back trust, warns privacy watchdog 'We’re living in an age of anger where people feel disempowered, unhappy...' Legal13 Mar 2019 | 17
Thanks for all those data-flow warnings, UK.gov. Now let's talk about your own Brexit prep. Yep, just as we thought Senior officials briefed on public bodies that still need data milled or stored in EU Legal04 Feb 2019 | 169
Six Flags fingerprinted my son without consent, says mom. Y'know, this biometric case has teeth, say state supremes... Analysis Theme park's attempt to shoot down lawsuit snubbed by top judges Security25 Jan 2019 | 74
Top GP: Medical app Your.MD's data security wasn't my remit Prof Maureen Baker told tribunal info security and clinical safety are two separate things Security17 Jan 2019 | 18
Bipartisan Kumbaya: President Trump turns Obama's open govt data policy into law Analysis Evidence-based policy? What a novel idea... Science16 Jan 2019 | 18
'Unjustifiably excessive': Not even London cops can follow law with their rubbish gang database Gangs Matrix led to 'multiple and serious' breaches of data protection rules, says watchdog Security16 Nov 2018 | 31
You've heard of 'trust but verify', right? Well, remember 'trust but protect' when mulling building a hybrid cloud Comment You broke it, you pay for it, one way or another Storage05 Nov 2018 | 3
UK and EU crawling towards post-Brexit data exchange deal – reports Labour minister slams attitude that reaching an adequacy agreement is assured Legal01 Nov 2018 | 29
Morrisons supermarket: We're taking payroll leak liability fight to UK Supreme Court Brit grocer says it shouldn't be held responsible for criminal actions of worker Security23 Oct 2018 | 84
UK.gov asks biz for ideas on how to 'overcome' data privacy concerns in NHS £9m up for grabs in latest digital health tech funding call Legal03 Oct 2018 | 48
UK.gov looks to data to free people from contract lock-in doom Energy, telecoms, banking sectors in the firing line Legal28 Sep 2018 | 27
Some credential-stuffing botnets don't care about being noticed any more They just take a battering ram to the gates Security24 Sep 2018 | 31
Security procedures are good – follow them and you get to keep your job Sidestepping them to be 'more productive' impresses no one Security14 Sep 2018 | 31
Generally Disclosing Pretty Rapidly: GDPR strapped a jet engine on hacked British Airways Analysis Suddenly, corps in a rush to fess up to e-break-ins Security12 Sep 2018 | 51
MPs' proposal to cash in on public-private algos given a solid 'maybe' UK.gov pats self on back in response to MPs' report on data-driven decision-making Legal11 Sep 2018 | 21
People's confidence in orgs holding personal data is... on the rise? Data harvesting? Breaches? Whatevs – ICO survey Legal07 Sep 2018 | 13
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter make it easier to download your info and upload to, er, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter etc... GDPR put a gun to their heads Personal Tech20 Jul 2018 | 18
Facebook, Google, Microsoft scolded for tricking people into spilling their private info Manipulative user interfaces lead netizens away from privacy Personal Tech27 Jun 2018 | 39
The only way is ethics: UK.gov emphasises moral compass amid deluge of data plans Civil servants get cheat sheet for procuring analytics Legal14 Jun 2018 | 15
Businesses brace themselves for a kicking as GDPR blows in Securing company data just got even harder On-Prem29 May 2018 | 42
Slurp up patient data for algos that will detect cancer early, says UK PM Hitches NHS cart to data, AI bandwagon, as medical groups urge patient choice Legal21 May 2018 | 43
Microsoft's most popular SQL Server product of all time runs on Linux Build Yes, you read that right Systems08 May 2018 | 59
Windrush immigration papers scandal: What it didn't teach UK.gov about data compliance Comment Bye Amber Rudd. And hey, maybe it's time to talk about consent Legal30 Apr 2018 | 54
Windrush immigration papers scandal is a big fat GDPR fail for UK.gov Comment Zero justification under current or planned data law for actions of Home Office Legal26 Apr 2018 | 163
Creaky NHS digital infrastructure risks holding back gene boffinry, say MPs Ask for clear budgets, better training and yup, public engagement Legal20 Apr 2018 | 16
Government demands for people's personal info from Microsoft reach all-time low Just 23k requests in first half of 2017, says Windows giant Legal20 Apr 2018 | 6
Facebook admits: Apps were given users' permission to go into their inboxes Only the inbox owner had to consent to it, though... not the people they conversed with Legal11 Apr 2018 | 63
It would totally help, EU told, if data we held on migrants was accurate Agency warns of impact duff info has on fundamental rights Legal29 Mar 2018 | 7
Take the dashboard too literally and your brains might end up all over it Ooo, pretty colours. But what if the data or interpretation sucks? Devops28 Mar 2018 | 38
Cambridge Analytica seeks data protection assistant Jobseeker? You may have heard of it... Legal23 Mar 2018 | 62
Fake news is fake data, 'which makes it our problem', info-slurpers told Top Gartner tips: Know what data you hold, be trustworthy On-Prem23 Mar 2018 | 19
Brit MPs chide UK.gov: You're acting like EU data adequacy prep is easy It's not. ♫ It's beginning to sound a lot like Brexit ♪ Legal21 Mar 2018 | 69
Gartner's top tip to data crunchers on the eve of GDPR? Don't be creepy Why do people forget they're a customer outside the office? Legal20 Mar 2018 | 11
BOOM! Cambridge Analytica explodes following extraordinary TV expose Updated Undercover investigation reveals dodgy tactics and sparks search warrant Security19 Mar 2018 | 237
UK regulator moots data protection sandbox for organisations to play in ICO strategy outlines plans to slurp up academic expertise Legal05 Mar 2018 | 4
Stop slurping NHS data to enforce immigration laws? Not on your nellie, huffs UK Home Office NHS Digital boss suggests public concern has caused 'lack of balanced debate' Legal28 Feb 2018 | 33
TigerGraph emerges from undergrowth with 2.0 release in its jaws Move over, doggy. 2018 is 'the year of the graph' apparently Software27 Feb 2018 | 5
Oi, drag this creaking, 217-year-old UK census into the data-driven age Challenge accepted, ONS bod Becky Tinsley tells El Reg Legal27 Feb 2018 | 62