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Why Google Spain worries me

Next month I’ll be going to an academic conference on Google Spain and the “Right to be Forgotten” (actually, “right to be delinked”) so I thought I’d better organise my thoughts on why, as a provider and user of communications and information services, the decision worries me. And I am much more worried by the […]

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Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015

The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, which received Royal Assent last week, has some network-related provisions among its various powers relating to terrorism. Section 21 adds further “relevant internet data” to the list of information that public telecommunications operators may be required to retain about the use of their networks and systems. Although in Parliament […]