‘These are fundamental to empowering individuals’ – ICO takes action against departments and councils over data requests
Ministry of Defence and Home Office are among those reprimanded over major backlogs that caused ‘significant distress’ to individuals. PublicTechnology finds out more.
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‘Treated as suspects’ – ICO calls for end to excessive demands for personal data of rape victims
Information commissioner tells forces to immediately stop gathering info in a manner he claims is putting a major dent in conviction rates
Prison officers to undergo ‘financial stability checks’ in new anti-corruption measure
MoJ signs deal for credit analysis software platform
Government exploring digital vaccine passport for young children
Vaccines minister claim that consideration of feasibility is currently taking place
‘A core part of national infrastructure’ – ministers consider regulating to make the cloud safer
Consultation launched seeking feedback on risks and mitigations for systems that now underpin a wide range of ‘essential services’
EXCL: Wall of silence surrounds plan for nationwide collection of citizens’ internet records
Online notice reveals controversial trials are to be expanded into a national service – about which government, law enforcement, watchdogs and all the UK’s major ISPs declined to answer questions from PublicTechnology
ICO hits facial recognition firm with £7.5m fine and order to delete all UK data
Regulator finds that collection of online images was not fair, transparent or lawful
DfE retains security provider for cyber incident response in £500k deal
Department signs contract with defence contractor BAE
Ransomware: Cabinet minister sounds alarm over ‘greatest cyberthreat to the UK’
Steve Barclay urges greater reporting of attacks
Nuclear clean-up agency seeks £2m-a-year partner to help improve cyber-resilience
Specialist firm sought to help identify areas where security could be bolstered
Big chill: Bank of England awards six-figure direct deal to cool datacentres at note-printing hub
Contract for chillers at Essex site signed without competitive process
Government proposes ‘world-first’ new security regime for app stores
Consultation launched on code of practice for Apple, Google and others – although adherence would be voluntarily
Boardrooms ‘lack understanding of cybersecurity’, government report finds
An annual study has identified core technical and incident-response skills gaps
No criminal changes over Hancock CCTV leak, ICO announces
Regulator concludes there is insufficient evidence to prosecute two people investigated following publication of compromising images of health secretary
Researchers detect ‘multiple spyware infections’ of Downing St and FCDO since 2020
Canadian academics claim that attack on No. 10 using Pegasus software was launched from the UAE
Information commissioner: ‘Many cyber issues are preventable’
Head of data watchdog urges public bodies to ensure ‘vigilance’ after revealing that successful phishing attacks represent an increasing number of cyber incidents
Sunak asks Royal Mint to create government-backed NFT
Chancellor also unveils plans to regulate so-called stablecoins, but critics accuse under-fire minister of ‘poorly judged gimmick’
DCMS seeks social media monitoring firm to help ‘build comprehensive picture of misinformation’
Department floats 10-month contract worth half a million pounds
Departments to undergo independent audits of cyber resilience
New ‘Gov Assure’ process aims to provide a government-wide overview of risk, minister tells PublicTechnology Cyber Security Summit
NHS conducts £300k cyber review of Covid Pass
Contract signed with consultancy Mason Advisory
Homes for Ukraine registrants targeted by online fraudsters
The government has been criticised for the time it is taking to match refugees with sponsors – who have been targeted by scams while trying to find their own matches
One in three UK firms suffered phishing attack last year, government study finds
Message-based threat is by far the most prevalent form of attack, annual study from DCMS concludes