Companies that want to comply with the Data Protection Act may have to resort to using virtual private networks to transfer data via wireless networks.

Technology companies will find it easier to safeguard their innovations in the UK after a court ruled that software should receive wider patent protection.

A specialist e-crime unit is to be established to help tackle the problem of electronic crime and internet fraud.

Some 90 per cent of companies are putting their customers at risk of identity fraud, according to a new survey put together for National Identity Fraud Prevention Week.

The emails, texts and calls of people living in Britain could be stored on a national database which would cost an estimated £12 billion to build.

Businesses need to have clear lines of responsibility if their data is being handled by a third party.

Companies that want to protect their data need to be transparent about the security measures they have in place.

A sustainable buildings task group is to be formed to help new developments achieve a zero carbon rating by 2019, propertyweek.com reports.

The loss of 3,000 customers' bank details by Virgin Media was a breach of the Data Protection Act, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has ruled.

Companies have been advised to take an "image" of departing staff's PCs so that they can increase their chances of detecting potentially fraudulent activity.