MoJ offers £100k for leader of data and analysis
Department expresses desire to be ‘data driven’
ICO flags urgent need for laws on political parties’ use of data and hits Facebook with £500k fine
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Emergency Services Network rollout given red-light warning in annual major projects review
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NSA: ‘We have not responded to a zero-day in two years – our adversaries are hitting known vulnerabilities’
Cybersecurity unit director reveals how US intelligence agency is working to spread best practice by promoting openness and collaboration
Government targets dark web with £50m cybercrime funding boost
Local police will also receive funding for training and the establishment of dedicated online crime units
Department for Transport develops AI tool for handling correspondence
Department's digital team creates machine-learning tool for dealing with public enquiries
Interview: Surveillance Camera Commissioner discusses his mission to protect privacy and human rights
As an ever-greater volume of increasingly sophisticated devices watch us all, PublicTechnology talks to regulator Tony Porter about his office’s role in ensuring surveillance is always used ‘proportionately and sensitively’
NCSC picks IoT, cloud, and cryptojacking among UK plc’s biggest future threats
Cybersecurity agency issues report looking forward to coming dangers and back at year in which DDoS and ransomware hogged the headlines
ICO to make ‘clear policy recommendations’ in light of Facebook data probe
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham issues update acknowledging changes made by social network but stressing ‘it is too early to say whether they are sufficient under the law’
Border Force seeks head of digital passenger services
Role comes with pay packet of up to £87,000 and remit to oversee rollout of ePassport gates
MPs summon Zuckerberg to explain ‘catastrophic failure of process’
DCMS committee chair bemoans ‘misleading answers’ provided by the tech firm so far
ICO promises to ‘invoke all our powers’ in Cambridge Analytica probe
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham confirms warrant has been served on UK company
Protecting data is key to countering violent extremism online
Businesses, the government, and citizens must work together to help combat the spread of online hate, according to Charles Kriel of Corsham Institute
Government to roll out big data at the border
Home Office issues tender for £2m project
Drones and the city of the future
Nesta’s Flying High Challenge is working with five UK cities to explore the use of drones in the delivery of public services. PublicTechnology talks to programme manager Nishita Dewan to find out more
Technology must be embedded into frontline policing
Sarah Timmis of think tank Reform discusses how digital can have a transformational impact for the emergency services
Police ethics body to look at use of facial-recognition technology
London mayor Khan announces examination of digital policing to see if it affects principle of policing by consent
Open University seeks partner for £12m digital-transformation programme
University seeks to implement digital services to improve teaching and operations
Government to develop anti-online bullying strategy
Whitehall departments to work on promoting worldwide consensus on how to tackle problem
Home Office picks Fujitsu to build and manage £28m biometrics platform
Tech and services titan beats trio of rivals to swipe major deal
Public sector executive pay should be linked to cybersecurity
James Wickes of Cloudview believes regulators need to take steps to sharpen senior managers’ focus on cybersecurity
Law to require slaughterhouses to install CCTV
Three months’ worth of footage must be made available to regulators
Top-tier data-processing fees rise sixfold to £2,900 in new ICO funding structure
Large organisations that process personal data will see their annual subsidy contribution rise from £500
Treasury Committee to examine digital-currency regulation
‘It is time Whitehall and Westminster understood cryptocurrency better’, committee member declares following period of extreme fluctuations