For the past two years India has been building the world's most sophisticated database of personal identities.

Olympus, the Japanese cameramaker, reports a loss for the nine months to the end of December 2011 as the company battles an accounting scandal.

Malaysia defends its deportation of a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet, saying it cannot be seen as a safe haven.

David Reid reports on the new European Commission directive that aims to put you back in charge of your data.

The ticketing agent says it is investigating an online attack which saw an "unauthorised party" contact a customer database.

About 300,000 mobile phones are stolen every year in the UK - and the police say that number is rising.

Neflix discloses a $9m (£5.7m) legal settlement in a privacy-based legal action in recently published accounts.

Shares in technology giant Apple cross $500 (£317) a share for the first time.