How secure is government and should we have a right to know?
In a lengthy attempt to find out about the security of government’s software systems, PublicTechnology finds a very uneven approach to transparency and what constitutes sensitive information
How Brexit Britain could become a surveillance state
The UK has tended to only introduce data-protection laws in conjunction with EU legislation...
Scottish police claim 400,000 hours saved by mobile device rollout
Force cites benefits of officers being able to work on the go
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Regulatory clampdown urged as CMA finds £400 per household goes to Google and Facebook each year
CMA says that all of society will lose out ‘if the market power of these firms goes unchecked’
Child support and benefit tribunals to introduce video hearings
Judges to be given option of conducting video hearing
ICO flags concerns of ‘poor practices’ in police collection of smartphone data
Regulator identifies inconsistent approaches between forces and tendency to collect excessive information
Lawfulness of government visa algorithm challenged
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants files judicial review
NAO finds big gaps in Home Office data on illegal immigration and enforcement
Report reveals most recent estimate for people in the country illegally dates from 2005
Government ‘considering alternative uses’ for £4m tags bought for early-release scheme
As of the beginning of this month, only 55 of eligible total of 4,000 prisoners had been let out under ECTR initiative
Using data to better understand the hidden crime of domestic abuse
Criminal justice data shows about 60,000 convictions per year, while public surveys reveal 2.4 million adults experience domestic abuse. The ONS tells PublicTechnology how it has brought together information from a range of sources to help policy makers and support services
Human rights watchdog raises concerns over impact of courts reform on disabled people
EHRC also flags up need for more data on impact of remote hearings
Critics claim government review into Post Office IT scandal does not go far enough to address ‘largest miscarriage of justice in our history’
About 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted and asked to repay large sums of money that IT system wrongly suggested were missing
Rights groups question whether plans for NHS data store are ‘appropriate, lawful and just’
Signatories including Liberty and Open Knowledge Foundation call for greater transparency
MPs and peers call for urgent data-protection law for contact-tracing app
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has drafted a bill designed to ensure users’ data is not misused
MoJ signs two new suppliers to provide electronic tags for early-release scheme
Government has bought 2,000 extra tags – but only prisoners 55 have been released so far
One in six government service assessments ends in failure
PublicTechnology research finds that failing to consider user needs is the most common stumbling block, with a lack of simplicity and intuitiveness also a frequent failing
Home Office pushes on with multimillion-pound digital borders programme
Department seeks partner to support ongoing work to build a range of services
MoJ diverts funding to increase remote support for crime victims
Charities will receive an additional £600,000 allocation
The pandemic is breeding opportunists and opportunities
Coronavirus could be a boon for cybercriminals, but could also be an ideal time for organisations to tune up their security, writes Henry Asson of the PublicTechnology events series
Government takes down 2,000 coronavirus online scams
NCSC sets up reporting hub and asks public to shop suspected fraudsters
Justice secretary counsels against police shaming individuals online over lockdown breaches
Robert Buckland stresses that people might not have had 'the opportunity to explain their side of the story'
Prisons service expects to offer virtual visits for inmates ‘imminently’
Government is currently looking at possible options to facilitate remote contact
More than 100 courts open for video and telephone hearings
One-third of courts across England and Wales will have the ability to hear cases remotely, the government has announced
Trade-mark hearings turn to Skype as IPO moves services online
Patent agency says services are ‘mainly unaffected’