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FCDO signs £10m deal for support of government’s Secret IT system

25 January 2023

Supplier appointed to two-year contract to provide services to government-wide Rosa service

Braverman floats criminalisation of ‘highly encrypted devices’
25 January 2023

Government consults on proposals to create new offences to clamp down on technologies it...

Senior tech execs could face prison for breaching online safety laws
18 January 2023

Digital secretary indicates government will work with campaigning MPs to make amendments to...

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DCMS quizzed over guidance for dating sites

12 May 2020

No specific guidance has been issued for sector, but minister says department would ‘expect everyone to be aware’ of social distancing 

Parliamentary committee calls for additional privacy for NHS tracing app

12 May 2020

MPs and peers express concerns over ‘unprecedented data-gathering’

NHS tracking app must do ‘heavy lifting’ to avoid second virus peak, claims chief scientific adviser

11 May 2020

Sir Patrick Vallance believes UK ‘should be able to avoid a second wave’ of Covid-19

How Denmark aims to ‘create trust’ in contact-tracing tech

7 May 2020

The CEO of Danish tech firm NetCompany tells PublicTechnology why the country’s existing digital infrastructure could help encourage adoption of its soon-to-launch coronavirus response app

Hancock asks citizens to ‘do your duty’ by downloading app

6 May 2020

Health secretary calls on public to embrace technology

Government spends £800k on queue-management system for coronavirus test-booking site

6 May 2020

Software from ACF Technologies was purchased without usual competitive procedures

How policymakers can restore public trust in data privacy

24 April 2020

The digital and data-driven economy has had a significant impact on our privacy. Siân Brooke from the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford examines how policy professionals should respond.

The pandemic is breeding opportunists and opportunities

22 April 2020

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

21 April 2020

NCSC sets up reporting hub and asks public to shop suspected fraudsters

‘Concerning lapses’ – review flags up Cabinet Office’s inconsistent approach to data-handling

16 April 2020

Report commissioned after New Year Honours blunder cites need for greater senior accountability and finds widespread use of free consumer tools

How one London borough is defending against the dark web

7 April 2020

Faced with threats from the dark web, Bexley ramped up its cybersecurity with a managed service. Gill Hitchcock finds out more.

Will the UK government use phone tracking to fight pandemic?

24 March 2020

Various other countries are using voluntary or mandatory tracking to follow spread of pandemic, as PM says tech will ‘help us see the disease as it is transmitted’

Data-protection regime relaxed for coronavirus response as ICO pledges no GDPR action

18 March 2020

NHS and government bodies will not be constrained, regulator and health secretary indicate

HMRC encourages remaining paper users to move to digital tax returns

16 March 2020

Department to stop automatically sending out hard-copy forms to those who used them in the previous year

Government defeats Tory rebellion in Commons Huawei vote

11 March 2020

An amendment that would have guaranteed the removal of the Chinese vendor’s kit by 2023 was not passed

 

Budget to bring bumper £5bn boost for broadband

10 March 2020

Chancellor set to unveil huge investment

‘Take aim, press print’ – military tests 3D-printed explosives

10 March 2020

Research unit examines the front-line potential of additive manufacturing

 

Home Office body takes evidence on ethics of police use of facial recognition

4 March 2020

Department’s Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group seeks input from various parties

Why have governments struggled to get it right on digital identity?

25 February 2020

With many government-developed services seeing poor uptake, the answer may lie in allowing citizens to ‘bring your own identity’, according to Arthur Mickoleit of Gartner

Blue Brexit passports to be ‘most technologically advanced ever’

24 February 2020

New colour will not be the only difference on Britons’ travel documents 

Donald Trump ‘apoplectic’ with Boris Johnson over Huawei ‘betrayal’, report claims

24 February 2020

US president and UK prime minister clash over 5G decision during ‘lively’ phone call

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