Karlin Lillington: ECJ ruling has essentially invalidated business model of digital giants

The European Court of Justice has again taken a stand against global businesses built on surveillance capitalism

Privacy agreement doesn’t offer sufficient protection to EU citizens’ data, court finds

Court in effect ruled that personal data is not, as US companies generally view it, an asset

Karlin Lillington: ECJ highly unlikely to accept US claim of adequate protection of data

Tech tools: Cover the phone camera you carry everywhere with you

Data from operators increasingly solicited in government efforts to contain the pathogen

Greenwald accused of helping obtain messages between top officials in corruption case

Karlin Lillington: Tech companies now face greater legal and regulatory opposition

Analysis: Companies on either side of Atlantic will find little comfort in ECJ opinion

Court raises concern that US law could affect right of tech firms to move data from EU

Adviser to EU Court of Justice due to issue opinion on Thursday

World View: Tech giants are creating new forms of power and ways of altering behaviour

Business Week: also in the news was Ryanair results; Boeing safety; and the Web Summit

Another profitable Web Summit, but is this success sustainable long term?

The big draws this year include Edward Snowden, Eric Cantona and Michel Barnier

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

The whistleblower tells podcaster Joe Rogan how mass surveillance works

Web Summit founder speaking in Dublin ahead of next month’s event in Lisbon

The Chinese ambassador on Uighur ‘camps’, Huawei, Trump’s trade war and buying Irish beef

Protecting data is the big focus as Google, Apple and Facebook try to regain trust

President under pressure over efforts to get dirt on Democratic rival Joe Biden

Whistleblower accused of violating non-disclosure agreements through publication

Glenn Greenwald cannot be expelled legally from Brazil, president admits

Transatlantic channel allows US to spy on EU citizens Data Protection Commission alleges

Data Protection Commissioner action could have major impact on firm’s business model

Pilita Clark: Many modern businesses offer baffled outsiders no clues about what it is they actually do

Washington’s International Spy Museum reveals much about how data is weaponised

Metadata may be the social media giant’s ace in the hole for maintaining ad revenue

Security fears around spy technology hit Chinese network infrastructure maker

Huawei would have no choice but to comply if China asked firm to help it spy on West

Net Results: The public is wising up to data gathering abuses, but that’s just the start

Internet users can take back control of their data while swapping it for cash or services

Conor Pope on the Irish people fighting crime on the internet, and how to protect yourself

Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege jointly awarded prize by Nobel committee

European Court of Human Rights rules on bulk interception and service provider data

Bad week for internet overlords marked by undercover exposé and €4.3bn fine

Austrian campaigner says firms can ‘bankrupt’ data regulator through appeals

Karlin Lillington: Activist urges digital giants to facilitate online users’ right to privacy

The General Data Protection Regulation is a 99-chapter piece of legislation that returns to people control of their personal data