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Fear around GDPR is being "hyped up by companies trying to sell solutions".

Data protection legislation commitment survives Tory cull of manifesto promises

Des Ward, information governance director at Innopsis, reflects on the real story behind the WannaCry cyber-attack.

Watchdog looks for international input on new regulatory landscape

Bradford Council will work with local digital innovation centre and businesses to pre-empt cyber attacks

With the cyber threat shifting its focus to sabotage rather than data theft, many of the defences deployed by public sector organisations will have to be adapted for the new world

New threats require the sort of joint civilian and military planning that was common in the Cold War – but with a focus on cyber rather than nuclear, says Jennifer Cole of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Council knew about vulnerability for months prior to attacker gaining access to emails

Cloud Industry Forum finds widespread confusion and degree of apathy among UK organisations in regards to GDPR

Grants of up to £100,000 available for eligible organisations

Benefit fraud is worse than ever. Gary Pettengell asks if new technology is helping?

Audit Scotland, the independent body responsible for auditing most of Scotland’s public organisations, has released a new report detailing five key principles that public bodies should use to deliver digital projects.

Government should look ‘very seriously’ at investing more in both cyber security and training, as investigation - and finger-pointing - over WannaCry continue

Governments must start taking cyber security as seriously as physical military security, according to Microsoft’s president, in the wake of the attack which affected the NHS on Friday.

Information Commissioner’s Office annual report shows that local government generated the most complaints

Advert for team of six with a £600,000 budget comes as former privacy adviser calls for a total review and reset of the government’s identity assurance services

Project plans include using distributed ledger technology to give healthcare workers secure access to biometric data from wearables

Job offered at £107,000 as London Office for Data Analytics pilot indicates initial successes

Kent council’s Twitter feed claimed to have been ‘taken over by the citizens of Medway’, announcing end to parking restrictions and council tax

As parliament dissolves and the date of the poll marches closer, parties of all colours are working up their manifestos. Rebecca Hill asks what they could, or should, have in store for tech.

Report says tax authority’s plan doesn’t take into account potential changes in technology or the shift to provide services through digital channels