We need to wake up to how our personal information is being used online. Tech companies are delighted to fund free email and wonder apps so they can read your email, know what you eat, what exercise you like, and where you shop. The key thing to remember is that if you are not paying for it, then you are the product, writes Marjorie Brennan

Electricity customers have become the latest to fall prey to the data protection debacle at Loyaltybuild as gardaí yesterday announced a fraud squad probe into breaches at the company.