Kieran Knight, 16, was on holiday with his family in the Landes region near Bordeaux

Monitoring of car number plates by CCTV cameras is ‘excessive’,  rules data Information Commissioner's Office

US fugitive still awaiting papers allowing him to enter Russia while his request for asylum is being considered

A sharp rise in the number of privacy hearings in British courts has been fuelled by requests for “irrelevant” personal information to be removed from police and other state databases, figures show.

Ndileka Mandela speaks to the BBC of the pain the family have undergone since Mr Mandela was taken ill

A teenager raped a 13-year-old boy he had intended to rob and then told him he deserved it for not having a phone worth stealing, a court heard yesterday.

Data can include phone contacts, text and email metadata, photos and call history

'Hemlis' (Swedish for secret) is currently asking for funding and will uses end-to-end encryption to secure users' messages

New search function answers queries using the habits and likes of friends and strangers

Data watchdog claim that search giant's current policies raise 'serious questions' about compliance with UK law

Mandela’s daughter said there is a racist element to the way her father’s health is being covered - so at the very least people should listen

64-year-old had to use grunts and taps to lead emergency services to her house

American suspicions of Russia have reignited in wake of the whistleblower's flight

Police are investigating whether any criminal offence was committed during an alleged cover-up at the health watchdog. Cumbria Constabulary said it would examine a report, which detailed how officials may have suppressed a damning internal review into inspections at Furness General Hospital.