ICO probes King’s Cross facial recognition
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham says her office is launching an investigation into use of technology on privately owned development
‘Huge data breach’ in security platform used by police
Biostar 2 data leak compromises millions of sensitive data records but UK public sector users...
MoD offers £145k apiece for digital director duo
Department seeks leaders in the areas of digital enablement and cyber risk
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Since 2008 departments have been required to report data breaches every year. In this exclusive research – kicking off two weeks of dedicated cybersecurity content on PublicTechnology – SA Mathieson digs through the numbers to uncover government's biggest security challenges
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Immigration minister indicates that various courses of action will be examined before any legislation is passed
Durham council puts democracy into digital design
Designing a strategy to take digital take-up over the 50% mark means getting to the heart of what the county’s residents really want. Gill Hitchcock writes.
GOV.UK starts accepting Apple and Google Pay
Citizens can now use biometrics to confirm payments
E-voting trials take place in Gateshead local elections
North-east town explores use of touchscreen technology
Oxford University unit to address technology’s impact on democracy
New commission to release reports aimed at suggesting policy and programmes in areas such as fake news and internet regulation
‘The prospect of a category-one cyberattack is not receding’
The UK remains to be hit by a cyberattack of the highest level of severity, but NCSC chief reiterates that we should ‘expect it at some point’
Five Eyes cyber summit – five things we learned
This week saw a landmark public meeting of the alliance between the cyber intelligence services of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. PublicTechnology listened in to find out more
A digital Geneva convention is unlikely – but ‘the UK would be up for that discussion’
NCSC chief executive says that, while the creation of new international standards is not imminent, the UK would not rule out assisting their creation in the longer term
‘Cybersecurity is a team sport’ – Five Eyes allies gather in Glasgow
Representatives of UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand present a united front to face down cyberthreats
What are the world’s most-hacked passwords?
National Cyber Security Centre research reveals the most commonly breached passwords
All police forces create cybercrime units
Each of the 43 forces across England and Wales have set up dedicated tech units with £7m of government backing
Home Office to review data-protection set-up
After two breaches inside a week, department commissions independent assessment of compliance
MoD invites proposals for anti-drone technologies
Ministry puts £2m behind contest to identify ways to combat ‘swarms’ of hostile autonomous airborne vehicles
ICO alerted to breach of EU citizens’ data
For the second time inside a week, the Home Office has had to report itself to the UK data regulator, after accidentally sharing email addresses of settled status applicants
'Admin error' sees Home Office wrongly share data of Windrush victims
Department informs ICO and launches internal investigation
Police Scotland told to pause rollout of cyber kiosks while legal concerns are addressed
Process of assessing use of technology has been 'sub-standard' committee finds
Online harms – Labour calls for action to ‘protect our democracy’
As the government prepares to publish its internet safety strategy, opposition MPs urge action on online political campaigning
London borough fined £145k for sharing data on 200 suspected gang members
Newham Council worker sent email with info including names and address
Is the settled status scheme a tech triumph or digital disaster?
After a tricky development process, the digital system allowing EU citizens to apply for the right to remain in the UK is now live. PublicTechnology examines the past, present, and future of a project that represents one of the most important technology programmes the government has ever undertaken.