The York school with a cupboard that is changing lives

The tech sector has a long history of breaking through privacy boundaries, but it has also created the fences meant to protect us. Firms have churned out hundreds, if not thousands, of online privacy tools and settings, launched with the apparent aim to help us secure our human right to privacy, in our digital lives.

Emma SimpsonBusiness correspondent BBC The residents of Peckham in south London have just lost their Poundland store, which closed this week after 11 years of trading. “Everyone comes in here, it’s very cheap. I buy stuff for my kids, snacks, toiletries,” says passing shopper Becky Cullen, staring at the empty shop. “It was always busy……

Google may have to make changes in the UK so people have more choice over which search engine they use, following a landmark decision from the regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has designated Google with “strategic market status” under a law which came into force in January. The decision does not mean the…