A private company could run the government's controversial billion pound database, the BBC reports.

The management of the database, that is to contain details of everybody in the UK's telephone calls, emails and internet use, could go out...

The Home Secretary is facing a mutiny from her own staff over government plans to create a database of where UK citizens send emails, what websites they look at, who they call and even which phone they buy and when.

The "spy database" proposals...

The UK government is coming under fire from all sides over its plans to create a massive database of details of all of our phone calls, internet activity and emails.

Meanwhile, over the Channel, the French government has had to scrap plans...

The government's ability to keep data safe has gone from a little amusing, to embarassing to downright ridiculous.

And perhaps dangerous with this latest leak.

The Home Office has admitted that an unencrypted memory stick has...

From next year, "they" really are going to be watching you...

The Home Office has awarded local councils and health authorities the power to spy on emails and internet activities from next year.

This is part of a nationwide bid...

When the government announced plans to create a massive database of information including who we call, who we email and what we view on the Internet, there was a massive outcry.

Now the UK's privacy tsar has added his own concerns to those...

On 21 November last year, chancellor Alistair Darling admitted that details of 25 million child benefit recipients had been lost.

The records included confidential details such as bank and building society details, National Insurance numbers,...

The government has today published its recommendations to help protect children as they surf the Internet.

The Telegraph leaked one of the recommendations recently - that the 999 emergency details be displayed on all networking sites, but...

Tabloid newsdesks across the country are getting ready to have yet another pop at the Civil Service after a third embarrassing security leak.

A highly confidential Home Office disk has been found hidden in a laptop computer, which sold on...