Justice secretary scolded for leaking stats on transgender prisoners to press
UKSA chair says giving data to journalists ahead of official release ‘risks misinforming the public’
Government hopes transparency standard can build trust in departments’ use of algorithms
New guidelines created by Central Digital and Data Office
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Data from over 100 Treasury staff devices wiped in 2020 after users entered wrong passcode
More than 5% of all devices were reset
Cyber Week: How government, police and business are working together to protect Scotland
Public and private sector entities support the work of Scottish Business Resilience Centre in protecting organisations across the country from cyberthreats. CEO Jude McCorry tells PublicTechnology about a busy year.
The stigma needs to be removed from cyberattacks
The secrecy and shame associated with cyber incidents needs to be rethought, believes PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall
Parliamentary committee to examine Cabinet Office FOI handling after transparency concerns
MPs will probe the central department’s clearing house to ascertain whether it complies with information law
Cyber Week: council data breaches saw 12% spike in FY21
Study from PublicTechnology identifies increase in incidents
Minister claims EU rebuffed UK proposals to maintain mutual free roaming
UK proposed ‘continuation of reciprocal agreements’ – which the EU did not agree to, according to Matt Warman
Eight firms picked for £24m e-disclosure framework
Companies to provide services across four lots
Report calls for ban on ministers using personal devices for government business
IfG think tank claims that ministerial code needs revamp
Government opens £30m competition ‘to make UK a 5G pioneer’
Contest invites ideas to expedite the development of Open RAN technologies
Government anti-fraud efforts hindered by ‘lack of real-time data sharing’
PAC report finds that coronavirus response has increased exposure and may have cost tens of billions of pounds in taxpayers’ money
MI5 seeks chief data officer who is ‘comfortable with ambiguity’
Role comes with £100k-plus pay packet and remit to help lead transformation programme
Information commissioner speaks out against current uses of facial recognition
Data watchdog says all investigations conducted by her office of live systems have found illegality
Social justice: how the police can embrace online channels of citizen communication
PublicTechnology talks to Salesforce about why police forces need to adopt new omnichannel capabilities, offer the public channel choice and the benefits of doing so
Vaccine passports pose discrimination and data protection risks, MPs find
PACAC claims that government has not made a convincing case for introducing a certification scheme domestically
Court judgments to be published on single website
Government claims moving information to National Archives site is ‘boost for open justice’
Online safety: How police, public sector and tech firms have reached a data-sharing stalemate
With the Online Safety Bill now published, former police superintendent Iain Donnelly writes for PublicTechnology on the challenges that need to be overcome in order to ensure the law’s efficacy
HMRC spends £3m on ‘trace and investigate’ software to provide UK citizen data
Connexus technology will provide officials with access to a wide range of personal and business information
Government promises ‘tough new regulator’ will stand up to Facebook and Google
Digital Markets Unit could spearhead implementation of codes of conduct for tech giants
Coronavirus Act review: Government ends extended storage of individuals’ biometric data ‘for national security purposes’
Assessment of emergency law also reveals successful use of tech in justice system and for registering deaths
Workplace safety regulator’s meetings closed to public for last year because of ‘tech limitations’
Minister explains failure to allow public access or publish any documentation