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Prisons pilot digital tool to collect ‘use of force’ data
MoJ minister reveals program will gather info on use of rigid handcuffs and other tools
Emergency law to provide for digitisation of death registration and video courtrooms
The incoming coronavirus bill aims to allow for more measures to be taken remotely
Data-protection regime relaxed for coronavirus response as ICO pledges no GDPR action
NHS and government bodies will not be constrained, regulator and health secretary indicate
Building Brexit-ready systems cost government £1.5bn
NAO report finds that new IT platforms and other infrastructure required a 10-figure investment
Home Office ‘exploring options’ ahead of end to funding scheme for vulnerable citizens’ settled status applications
Almost a million EU citizens are yet be granted status with £9m grant funding programme slated to close on 31 March
Conservatives warn PM that Huawei decision ‘leaves UK utterly friendless’
Senior figures including Iain Duncan Smith and Tom Tugendhat urge reconsideration of 5G infrastructure plans
Home Office body takes evidence on ethics of police use of facial recognition
Department’s Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group seeks input from various parties
HMCTS launches online tool for separated parents to apply for child visitation
Courts service says digital offering will eradicate need to fill in up to 30 pages of paper forms
Courts agencies plan multimillion-pound digitisation of criminal justice services
HMCTS and CPS float contract notice
Facial recognition ‘not fit for use’, Scottish committee finds
MSPs warn of potential of ‘Wild West’ environment for new technology
Labour leadership hopeful calls for right to ignore emails outside work hours
Rebecca Long-Bailey says she supports introduction of laws similar to those in France
Online right to rent checker due this year
Home Office building digital tool to support compliance with controversial scheme
Home Office still working on fix for software issue that caused failure to notify EU countries of 75,000 convictions
Tens of thousands of overseas offenders could have travelled home without their country of citizenship being alerted to a serious offence
No changes needed to legal framework for facial recognition, minister claims
Policing minister Malthouse says Brexit will not change legal standing
Oxford NHS trust digital chief sentenced for fraud over false degree claims
Senior manager given suspended prison sentence
London police to roll out live facial recognition technology
Critics ramp up opposition as force announces controversial kit will go into live operational use
HMRC seeks tech to unearth cryptocurrency cybercriminals
Tax agency looks to invest in cryptoanalysis tool
Scottish Government project explores use of blockchain and AI in fishing
Highlands and Islands Enterprise to run scheme looking at how new tech could be used in seafood sector
GDS floats £100k in bid to recruit strategy chief
Role comes with a remit to oversee the work of 140 staff across four areas
Scottish police get green light to use encryption-busting ‘cyber kiosks’
Officers can finally begin using technology almost two years after it was first purchased
Ex-MoJ worker jailed after stealing £1.7m via scam IT contract
Former commercial professional given 42-month custodial sentence