After an 18-month investigation into use of personal data, information commissioner presents report to parliament

Executive and political leadership at the east London council talk to PublicTechnology about their work to lead transformation in a way that benefits the entire borough 

DCMS committee claims it has ‘pulled back the curtain on the secretive world of the tech giants’

ICO investigating tax agency after investigation by advocacy group Big Brother Watch 

Calm has turned a section of the 57,509-word EU document into a sleep-inducing audio book

While GDPR is right to provide individuals with greater control over how their information is used, the benefits of sharing data should not be overlooked, believes Rose Lasko-Skinner of Reform

HMRC seeks to appoint ‘ID issuer’ to comply with EU legislation and tackle £2bn annual tax gap caused by illicit tobacco trade 

We are now, at last, all living in a GDPR world. PublicTechnology asks what – if anything – that means, and looks back on the journey we took to get here

As an ever-greater volume of increasingly sophisticated devices watch us all, PublicTechnology talks to regulator Tony Porter about his office’s role in ensuring surveillance is always used ‘proportionately and sensitively’

However well versed the public sector is in the text of the incoming regulation, some questions will not be answered until the law is a living, breathing – and enforcing – entity. With two months until GDPR becomes law, PublicTechnology examines the biggest known unknowns

Sector organisation writes to Matt Hancock and other MPs to express concerns

James Wickes of Cloudview believes regulators need to take steps to sharpen senior managers’ focus on cybersecurity

Policy paper from Parliament Street think tank recommends increased use of shared services

Head of the watchdog, Elizabeth Denham, says ICO will be expected to do “more of everything” as strict new data compliance law comes down the track

DCMS study finds majority of organisations in private and third sectors have never even heard of soon-to-be-implemented legislation

The ICO’s investigation into the use of data and analytics in campaigning is likely to prompt the creation of a new code of conduct for political parties, according to information commissioner Elizabeth Denham

Ciaran Martin claims that ‘it is a matter of when, not if’ the country suffers a top-level category-one assault

NHS bodies and Department of Health and Social Care issue guidance clarifying that numerous offshore locations are considered a safe home for health and social services data

Art-and-design museum claims GDPR audit is well underway as it seeks market input on possible DPO-as-a-service implementation

With less than six months until new data-protection law is introduced, PublicTechnology hears from regulators and data professionals across central and local government about what they see as the major challenges facing them between now and 25 May

Government entities urged to explore one of the four other options available for establishing the lawfulness of data processing