The data of 150,000 patients, who had told their GPs that they did not wish to share it, was shared because the patients' objections were not sent to Britain's National Health Service due to errors in third-party software supplied by a company known as TPP.

The Vocus Group has signed a contract with Alcatel Submarine Networks to build a 4000-kilometre subsea cable linking the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Several companies which are part of an advertising technology consortium have been left exposed to fines after Google delayed joining the group which was trying to take steps to comply with the European General Data Privacy Regulation that took effect on 25 May.

The US Government has moved to block China Mobile, the world's biggest telecommunications carrier, from providing services to the American market, asking the Federal Communications Commission to block the telco from obtaining a licence to operate in the country.

Meanwhile, Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer ZTE Corporation has been told it can carry out business which is needed to maintain its existing networks and equipment in the US as a deal is being worked out for full operations to resume.

The Australian Republic Movement and Britain's Liberal Democrat Party have become victims of the breach at Barcelona-based online survey and form building service Typeform.

Australian data centre provider NextDC has launched direct connectivity to Google’s cloud platform from its S1 Sydney data centre.

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