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West Yorkshire Police has teamed up with digital crime specialist at Leeds Beckett University to develop new ways of fighting cybercrime.

The European Commission has accused Google of using its Android mobile operating system to abuse its dominant position.

Staff working in a number of public sector bodies will have access to a new information resource to promote cyber resilience within the business community as part of a new project.

Public bodies have two years to apply new data protection rules following their adoption by the European Parliament.

Almost a third of government ICT professionals don’t trust the public cloud to keep their data secure – a much higher proportion than the private sector.

Local authorities must increase their investment in digital technology a part of a radical change in approach to tackling fraud, according to a new government strategy.

Government bodies will be able to share personal data with other “public agencies” as long as the purpose is to improve the welfare of the individual in question, under legislation proposed by the government.

"Gaps and inconsistencies" in government data make it hard to work out the true scale of fraud in the public sector, according to the public spending watchdog.

Local authorities in Kent have awarded a contract for a data sharing tool to save money by preventing fraud and errors.​

A proposed hub to share and analyse data from London’s local authorities in order to detect fraud, is seeking a supplier.

While inaction is not an option, local authorities should be wary of building rigid and inflexible technology to analyse Big Data, says Nick Blake.

A group of 10 local authorities has unveiled plans to spend £200,000 on a shared intelligence hub to identify and reduce fraud.

A new partnership has been launched aimed at making data sharing safer for public services.