Home Office recruits 13 senior technology roles
Hiring drive for roles in grades 6 and 7 with salaries up to £80,520, depending
LockBit reaches Ministry of Defence after cyber attack on supplier
The ransomware group has stolen thousands of Ministry of Defence papers and uploaded them to
Northern Ireland police chief resigns following data breach
Court decision on disciplinary action over two officers preceded Simon Byrne’s resignation, with earlier mistaken
Government should discourage use of Chinese surveillance technology, report says
Commons foreign affairs committee warns the UK is over-reliant on Chinese technology designed for authoritarian
DfT to spend £37m on real-time bus data service
Department has announced a new competition to manage open timetable, fare and location data on
Vetting unit to secure digital transformation director
Cabinet Office’s UKSV looks to recruit leader to help redesign the way the unit works
Avoid fragmenting biometrics governance, says outgoing commissioner
Regulating biometric technologies should be wary of cloud-based storage and data breaches
Home Office explores facial recognition technologies for police
Potential suppliers are asked to submit information about technology maturity and applications
Don’t use BCC to email sensitive information, ICO warns
The Information Commissioner’s Office has released updated guidance on email security
Private and proxy data can help locate electric vehicle charging stations
Report encourages the use of new sources of data
Post offices to provide One Login identity checks
In-person document checks will be available at around 1,000 post offices
DWP seeks senior data and analytics officers
Department is recruiting SCS roles to lead on artificial intelligence
Home Office sticks to pledge to clear ‘legacy’ asylum backlog this year – as new cases hit new high
Department has insisted it remains on course to meet the prime minister’s target, while new
Met Police supplier leaks data on officers and staff
Supplier had been commissioned to produce microchipped warrant cards and passes for 47,000 staff and
Online GP registration hits first-year record
New service is used by a fifth of English GP surgeries, saving staff time while
ICO clamps down on ‘text pests’ using business data to proposition customers
Regulator launches online service for people to report instances of employees of organisations taking individuals’
DVLA retains credit reference agency for online identity checks in £2.4m deal
Government agency signs contract with Experian to gain access for three years to software platform
DWP pays compensation over letters and PDFs sent to blind benefit claimants
High Court judgement finds in favour of Londoner Yusuf Ali Osman who brought case against