August 25, 2023

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News Public order, justice and rights

Manchester seeks tech partner to digitise thousands of firearms licensing documents

Sam Trendall August 25, 2023 29 Comments

Local authority and police issue joint tender inviting bids from firms that could fulfil requirement to convert paper files to electronic formats and, ultimately, deliver digital methods of processing information […]...

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Cyber Security Week News Society and welfare

DWP amends personal data guidance to reflect use of ‘automated processing in some decision making’

Sam Trendall August 25, 2023 34 Comments

The department updates policies to include explicit reference to use of automated tools in decision making – but indicates that humans always have final say if benefit applications are denied […]...

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Cyber Security Week Defence and Security News

Government expects anti-fraud data unit to deliver ‘significant’ financial results

Adam Payne August 25, 2023 29 Comments

Established 12 months ago, the Public Sector Fraud Authority was tasked with using information and analytics to deliver savings of £180m in its first year – with results due out […]...