FCDO signs £10m deal for support of government’s Secret IT system
Supplier appointed to two-year contract to provide services to government-wide Rosa service
Braverman floats criminalisation of ‘highly encrypted devices’
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Senior tech execs could face prison for breaching online safety laws
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DCMS quizzed over guidance for dating sites
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
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
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
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
Health secretary calls on public to embrace technology
Government spends £800k on queue-management system for coronavirus test-booking site
Software from ACF Technologies was purchased without usual competitive procedures
How policymakers can restore public trust in data privacy
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
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
‘Concerning lapses’ – review flags up Cabinet Office’s inconsistent approach to data-handling
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
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?
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
NHS and government bodies will not be constrained, regulator and health secretary indicate
HMRC encourages remaining paper users to move to digital tax returns
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
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
Chancellor set to unveil huge investment
‘Take aim, press print’ – military tests 3D-printed explosives
Research unit examines the front-line potential of additive manufacturing
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
Why have governments struggled to get it right on digital identity?
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’
New colour will not be the only difference on Britons’ travel documents
Donald Trump ‘apoplectic’ with Boris Johnson over Huawei ‘betrayal’, report claims
US president and UK prime minister clash over 5G decision during ‘lively’ phone call