Braverman proposes surveillance law update to give authorities more sway over telecoms firms
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Government statisticians must be ‘able to raise issues if data is used misleadingly’, trade body warns
Study from Royal Statistical Society suggests one in five data professionals does not feel empowered to flag concerns
Scottish Borders Council accredited as Apple learning centre
Local authority is approved to deliver education on vendor’s technology
New government agency to oversee digital identity laws
Legislation to be passed to put digital IDs on same legal footing as physical documents
Home Office renews £200k subscription for out-of-support software for internal forms
Department has been ‘made aware of the risks associated’ of continuing to use technology to process sensitive information
Covid inquiry to probe availability and use of data during pandemic
The contact-tracing system and the use of information will be key areas of focus for the long-awaited review of the UK’s response to coronavirus
Ukrainians offered online route to apply to visas
Move to open up travel documents comes following fierce criticism of government response so far
NHS Test and Trace signs £2.5m deal to support Covid-19 app until end of 2022
Deal with Danish firm Netcompany covers ongoing development and support of technology, but future role of contact-tracing system remains unclear
Scottish watchdog finds ‘drug and alcohol data is not good enough’
Audit agency calls for more and better information and improved transparency
Patel pledges to publish data on visas for Ukrainians
Home secretary claims previous figures are ‘completely inaccurate’
Government renews powers for long-term withholding of public records on national security grounds
The long-standing Security and Intelligence Instrument has been retained after the completion of its decennial review
DWP slammed for ‘obstruction’ after failure to release data on benefit sanctions
Head of parliamentary committee believes ‘a culture of secrecy is entrenched’ in department
UK’s asylum backlog has doubled since 2020 – and Home Office cannot say how many interviews it conducted last year
Information is not in a ‘reportable format’ according to immigration Kevin Foster, as other data shows more than 85,000 are now waiting for a decision – and department declines to provide an update on new casework system
HS2 signs £280k software deals for social media and political monitoring
Project to deliver new rail infrastructure invests in tools to monitor and manage media coverage
Government-wide login system due to start public testing this month
Update from minister reveals that ‘feature-complete software’ should be ready within four weeks
‘Misleading impression’ – statistics watchdog scolds PM over unemployment claims
Letter from UKSA head is the second time in a month Boris Johnson has been rapped for promoting false claims
Cabinet Office anti-misinformation unit buys £75k ‘social listening tool’
Deal with software firm provides officials with access to ‘unlimited searches’
BEIS seeks £4m digital partner to plug ‘capability gaps’ on demand
Chosen provider will support ‘a range of projects’ over the next two years
ICO raps Scottish vaccine passport app over unclear info on use of personal data
Data-protection watchdog instructs Scottish Government and NHS bodies to ‘act now’ or face further regulatory action
Lack of assessment and data on private Covid tests poses danger to public health, experts warn
As end of free mass testing looms, commercial products are still not subject to full laboratory examination and citizens cannot access comparative information
Scottish census: Court rules in favour of sex self-declaration
Mass statistical exercise will allow trans people to choose which box to tick
Digital and data must be embedded into plans for the future of healthcare
The challenges and achievements of the pandemic have shown that tech innovation is the only way forward for the health and social care system, according to Leontina Postelnicu of techUK