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Public ethics body to examine Home Office data use
BFEG asked to provide oversight of department’s use of ‘large and complex data sets’
Hancock aims to replace letters with emails across NHS
Health secretary reveals email will be opened up to allow use of ‘any secure email provider’
West Midlands ‘shifts focus’ of digital leadership on back of 5G plans
Plans for chief digital officer are shelved but authority remains focused on ‘embedding digital capability’ across the organisation
ICO fines Brexit campaign group £120k over data breaches and plans further audit
Leave.EU hit with penalty by regulator as NCA investigation continues
MoJ IT issues ‘affected all court sites across England and Wales’
Minister reveals that 362 HMCTS sites were ‘intermittently’ impacted by loss of network access
DBS stops sending electronic copies of sensitive documents after ‘issues’ with redaction software
Organisation indicates that faults were quickly detected and ‘there is no evidence of any security compromise'
ICO calls for outsourcers to adhere to FOI rules
External providers of public services should be asked to comply with freedom of information laws, believes Elizabeth Denham
Government launches £5m digital health fund for UK SMEs
Innovate UK will support projects in areas such as AI and virtual reality
HMRC voice ID scheme sees 160,000 opt-outs
But numbers continue to grow to total of seven million
MoJ back online but will ‘take time to return to normal’
Department working with suppliers to try and ‘ensure ongoing stability’
French regulator slaps Google with €50m GDPR fine
Search giant given hefty penalty after complaint in relation to personalised advertising
Armed Forces and NHS Digital explore electronic transfer of GP records
Army hopes that recruitment process can be sped up by improved data sharing
Scottish FOI laws to be reviewed
Information Commissioner tells parliamentary committee that ‘society and demands and experts more information’
All patients to be offered remote GP consultations within five years
Newly published NHS Long Term Plan sets out government ambition for ‘digital-first primary care’
National statistician John Pullinger on the 'marvellous opportunity' of the Digital Economy Act
The head of the government statistical service looks back on 2018
Innovate UK head looks back on 'a year of incredible change'
Ian Campbell discusses the Industrial Strategy and the opportunities ahead for UK Research and Innovation
Government urges .eu domain owners to begin looking at other options
Newly published Brexit advice encourages websites to consider transferring their address
GDS puts data and standards among priorities for Verify handover period
Digital agency lays out plans for working with private companies and other departments over the next 18 months
The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018