Policy & legislation

California judge sides with state and city attorneys on preliminary injunction about how to classify gig workers

The contract is "effectively AI-powered mass political surveillance", says Big Brother Watch

The Chinese-owned video-sharing platform has until mid-September to find a suitable US-based buyer

The multiple ways politicians have tried to regulate social media are uniformly daft

TikTok says it’ll pursue all remedies to ensure it’s treated fairly

Climate change and dwindling resources mean we need to create new models of consumption

The EC claims that the deal could provide Google with an even greater advantage in the online ads market

Shanghai Zhizhen claims Apple violated its virtual assistant patent and requests Apple halts sales

CEOs face questions over monopolistic practices

In their opening statement, tech CEOs claim they face intense competition

Report will detail antitrust allegations and contain recommendations on reigning in market power

The company is already tied up in a $500 million settlement and another pending lawsuit

Teams is a "weak, copycat product" tied to Microsoft's dominant Office 365 Suite, says Slack

Six data authorities send an open letter to the industry, suggesting the COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to new risks

DHSC has made concessions following the threat of legal action, including reducing its 20-year data retention policy to eight years

Drivers' union will argue that the ride-hailing firm is violating the GDPR's right to access

A look at the now invalidated framework US companies relied on to transfer data to and from the European Union

The search for your digital footprint starts with your email inbox and some machine learning

Privacy Shield ruled to be incompatible with GDPR in landmark case

A guide to Thursday's ruling on data transfers and what it might mean for UK businesses

The ruling is a fresh blow to the European Commission's campaign to crack down on tax avoidance schemes

The government hopes to build HMRC systems to reduce the burden on traders, as well as data infrastructure to enhance border management