The Dutch intelligence and security services have collected data on 1.8 million phone calls, text messages, mail traffic and browsing habits by the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013.
Huang Shyh-ming, chief of Taiwan's prosecutorial authority, on Friday was accused by the district prosecutors office of Taipei for leaking confidential information.
Lack of an information-sharing network has bred fraud in China's rural health insurance system, and experts have called for stricter regulation and supervision to protect rural residents's rights and prevent misappropriation of their funds.
The Japanese cabinet on Friday approved a bill intended to impose tougher penalties on civil servants, lawmakers and others who leak national secret and therefore threaten national security, according to local media.
More than just a media buzzword, "big data" means big business for Wang Chuanjiu, founder of a Beijing-based IT company.
Chinese experts have called for specific conditions to ensure information transparency among all government departments after a fresh cabinet circular urged for greater efforts.
Results of a survey by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), which was released on Wednesday, showed that Australians are becoming more concerned about privacy risks.
China has outlined targets and timetables for broadband development in order to boost information consumption and facilitate economic restructuring.
A new state guideline to support the consumption of information products and services will stimulate the sector and help fuel economic growth, the China Securities Journal reported Thursday.
Authorities are aiming to support the consumption of information products and services and make the sector a new engine for boosting domestic demand and driving economic growth.
Chinese police have broken up 468 gangs and arrested 1,213 people for suspected personal information trafficking, according to a statement released Sunday by the Ministry of Public Security.
Lu Jiuping starts working at 4 a.m. every day, but the retired 50-year-old businessman has never made a cent from his current occupation.
The State Council, China's Cabinet, on Wednesday issued a timetable for disclosing government spending on receptions, vehicles and overseas trips, as well as information on investigations into major accidents.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday announced the appointment of Atefeh Riazi of the United States as the new chief information technology officer for the United Nations.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday that companies can use social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter to announce key information as long as investors have been altered about which social media will be used to disseminate such information.
Various microblog accounts devoted to offering news and information on China's top Communist party leaders have drawn much public attention and attracted thousands of followers.
Authorities in several regions of China have issued regulations to restrict inquiries into individuals' house registrations, a move that has aroused controversy after a slew of online exposes of corrupt government officials owning large amounts of property.
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