Researchers have said that smoking bans do not help smokers quit as rules governing enclosed public places don’t motivate smokers to smoke less or quit altogether. The findings were a result of…
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Indian Gov blocks 32 websites for hosting anti-India content, spreading IS propaganda
The Indian government has blocked 32 websites including vimeo.com, dailymotion.com, pastebin.com and github.com accused of carrying anti-India views and spreading the Islamic State (IS) propaganda. It was on Wednesday that a confidential…
Google reports slight decrease in data removal requests for June to December 2013 period
Google’s latest “Transparency Report”, released on Tuesday, reports a slight decrease in the number of government requests to remove information for the June 2013 to December 2013 period. The report revealed that…
Microsoft announces Azure Government’s general availability
After being in preview state for more than a year, Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud computing service is now generally available to government clients. Redmond had announced plans for a government cloud offering…
Facebook complied with 70% government data requests in UK
Social networking giant Facebook on Wednesday revealed that it complied with 70 per cent of data requests from UK government while also revealing that global government requests for user information rose 24…
Google says demand for data from governments up by 150%
The report is published semi-annually to maintain transparency of its operations pertaining to data.
UK Government’s hunt for a reliable Data Hosting Partner begins
The agreement is valued at between £50 million and £700 million and is scheduled to run for the next four years.
Google: India ranks second in user data requests
Latest reports from Google reveal that user data requests that came from India in 2013 was more than those put forward by any other Asian country. Google’s latest Data Transparency report, which…
Government data requests surged by 120% in last four years claims Google
According to Google’s latest transparency report published on Thursday, data requests by government agencies have increased by more than 120 percent since 2009 when the company first began publishing the data request…
UK Gov planning to abandon Microsoft Office
The UK government is planning to abandon expensive proprietary software including Microsoft Office in favour of open source alternatives. According to reports around £200 million is being spent on Microsoft Office alone…
Leading tech companies allowed to disclose more data request information
The Department of Justice, United States in a ruling on Monday announced leading tech companies including Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Facebook and LinkedIn will now be allowed to disclose more information on data…
Verizon outs first transparency report; 386 data requests from UK
As promised, US Telco Verizon has released its first transparency report for 2013 revealing that it received over 320,000 data requests from local, state or federal law enforcement agencies in the US…
Vodafone seeks right to disclose Government demands for customer data
Vodafone wants to follow the footsteps of its US counterparts by disclosing data on government requests in all the 25 countries it operates including the UK. Vodafone wants to disclose government requests…
New £10 million broadband fund announced to connect ultra-rural Britain
The UK Government has announced a new £10 million fund to be made available to allow for a range of pilot schemes using alternative broadband technologies to be tested across Britain’s most…
Government wants Brits to be Cyber Streetwise
With a massive increase in the number of people browsing the web on laptops, tablets and smartphones, it’s high time that people should be made aware of skills and knowledge which will…