Nuclear clean-up agency seeks £2m-a-year partner to help improve cyber-resilience
Specialist firm sought to help identify areas where security could be bolstered
MPs offer Elon Musk opportunity to ‘address critiques in public’
Billionaire invited to appear before parliamentary committee
Government proposes ‘world-first’ new security regime for app stores
Consultation launched on code of practice for Apple, Google and others – although...
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Data must be central to improving the criminal justice system
Better use of information is crucial to improving people’s experiences with justice agencies and reducing recidivism, according to Georgie Henley of techUK
Government puts £25m into ‘elite fraud squad’ to use data and tech to collar Covid criminals
Chancellor unveils unit that will pursue those who defrauded government of an estimated £5bn during the pandemic
No criminal changes over Hancock CCTV leak, ICO announces
Regulator concludes there is insufficient evidence to prosecute two people investigated following publication of compromising images of health secretary
Minister: ‘Exact alignment to EU law is not a requirement for data adequacy’
Treasury faces parliamentary questions about potential risks of planned regulatory reforms
Cabinet Office lead non-exec has non-dom status
Former tech and data exec Anand Aithal has controversial residence status, it has been revealed
MoJ launches digital service for citizens to request info held on them
Department unveils online platform through which solicitors and members of the public can make subject access requests
Police chiefs to launch online hub for forces’ use of tech, data and science
NPCC website will allow officers to see what peers in other parts of the country are doing
Prison service seeks £6m partner to help ‘switch off large pieces of legacy estate’
HMPPS cites need to eliminate need to provide data to ageing platforms
High Court rules that border officials unlawfully seized 2,000 phones from asylum seekers
Judgement finds that Home Office policy breached human rights laws
Government to compensate victims that exposed Horizon scandal but were excluded from Post Office scheme
Chancellor reveals payment programme aims to support those who received ‘small fraction’ of £58m settlement
Sturgeon claims ‘no public-protection issues’ from IT glitch in prisoner risk assessments
Tech issue dating back 10 years is understood to have caused inmates to be wrongly graded
Scotland sees sevenfold increase in cybercrime in FY21
Number of recorded incidents shoots up, in part due to increase time spent online
Glasgow app hopes to reduce reoffending
Program aims to help citizens access public services and support
HMRC automation stopped 100,000 ineligible claims for Covid support
Digital processes helped tax agency block fraudulent attempts, according to minister
Government goes after ‘anonymous trolls’ with new legal provisions
Government proposes legal changes that would require social networks to allow people to easily verify their identity, and block contact from all unverified users
New HMCTS chief pledges to continue to ‘modernise’ justice system
Courts service appoints Nick Goodwin as CEO
Courts service seeks £2m partner to help assess 250 IT systems and safely decommission legacy tech
Two-year contract will see chosen supplier assist HMCTS in managing risk of migrating to new platforms
Treasury urged to provide ‘full, fair and final compensation’ for victims of Horizon IT disaster
Failures of tech system led to more than 700 wrongful convictions
Black former GDS employee given six-figure settlement after claims of ‘racial abuse' by managers
Former deputy cabinet secretary cited need for Cabinet Office to look at issues of race ‘at a systemic level’
‘Misleading’ – stats agency lambasts ministers over omission of computer crime from figures
MP expressed concern that government’s claims overlooked ‘a large, serious and growing area of crime’
Cyberattack on regulator shows ‘no organisation can fully defend itself against today’s threats’
Despite being comparatively well-prepared, watchdog Sepa is still suffering the fallout of a breach in December 2020