EXCLUSIVE: A landmark case on the compatibility of data protection and freedom of information laws was heard by the House of Lords this week.

The banking industry has re-affirmed a policy that makes online banking customers responsible for losses if they have out of date anti-virus or anti-phishing protection

The body behind the European Convention on Human Rights has said that internet users must be told when content is being filtered, and that governments should not filter content except in very specific circumstances

The Government has said that it will establish a Council for Child Internet Safety and start to apply to computer games the age restrictions used to classify films

Passengers on UK planes could soon be able to make phone calls in the air

Proposed Europe-wide rules governing biometric passports are still unsatisfactory despite some concessions, according to Europe's top privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)

Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner will investigate a new Heathrow Airport fingerprint security system to find out if it is legal

A company behind a non-existent crime awareness website has been closed after a Government investigation into its business.

The European Commission wants to slash the time it takes for EU member states to inform one another of trade transactions in a bid to combat Europe-wide VAT fraud.

A US court has ruled that a company infringed a rival's trade mark when it sponsored the term 'Smart Money Clip' in Google's search engine and displayed the term as the headline of the advert.

A senior civil servant who detailed the inner workings of Government has reportedly been suspended pending an investigation into her conduct.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said that its aim is to protect people from the risks associated with abuses of their personal data rather than strictly enforce the law.

The body behind the internet's addressing system, ICANN, could stop any domain name registrar from processing refunds on more than 10% of its domains in any given month in a new bid to stop domain name tasting.

The minister responsible for data protection should be more powerful according to a Parliamentary committee which has also condemned the Government for not taking data protection seriously enough.

UPDATED: The High Court has overturned a decision of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) to reject a patent application as being nothing more than software.

Some of the UK's biggest retailers are failing to fulfil their legal obligations in their email marketing, a study has found.

Companies processing children's data may need explicit consent directly from a child to continue using it once that child reaches maturity, Europe's privacy officials have said.

Ireland's biggest internet service provider (ISP) is being sued by the four biggest record labels over illegally downloaded music.

The Audit Commission has published a revised code of practice which will govern its extended powers to obtain and search data from public sector bodies.

AOL has bought social networking site Bebo for $850 million in cash.