Privatising the Land Registry could create a “real and unavoidable tension” between the profitability of privatised operations and the government’s open data ambitions, Bernard Jenkin, the chairman of the public […]...
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Supreme Court rules Scottish government’s Named Persons scheme unlawful
Judges have said that the Scottish National Party’s controversial Named Person scheme is unlawful and lacks safeguards for the sharing of sensitive information....
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GOV.UK to take more responsibility for local links as Local Directgov is retired
The Local Directgov site that councils use to manage links for their services could be retired as early as next month, with more control of those links moving to GOV.UK, […]...
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EU data protection agencies remain apprehensive about Privacy Shield
The influential group of European Union data controllers has said it is still concerned about the final version of the Privacy Shield agreement between the EU and US, but will […]...
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HMRC picks Accenture for cloud-based tax system
HMRC has signed a four-year deal with Accenture for the provision and management of the tax authority’s cloud-based tax management system...
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