GDPR
ICO report finds ‘disturbing disregard for voters’ privacy’ in political campaigns
After an 18-month investigation into use of personal data, information commissioner presents report to parliament
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HMRC used ‘implied consent’ to collect voiceprints of five million citizens
ICO investigating tax agency after investigation by advocacy group Big Brother Watch
Struggling to sleep? This app will read out GDPR legislation to aid your slumber
Calm has turned a section of the 57,509-word EU document into a sleep-inducing audio book
The public sector must be transparent on data use to gain citizens’ trust
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
Government seeks tech firm to trace every packet of cigarettes sold in the UK
HMRC seeks to appoint ‘ID issuer’ to comply with EU legislation and tackle £2bn annual tax gap caused by illicit tobacco trade
GDPR: how did we get here, and what on earth happens next?
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
Interview: Surveillance Camera Commissioner discusses his mission to protect privacy and human rights
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’
GDPR: Five things we will only discover after 25 May
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
Local councils implore government to provide GDPR compliance funding help
Sector organisation writes to Matt Hancock and other MPs to express concerns
Public sector executive pay should be linked to cybersecurity
James Wickes of Cloudview believes regulators need to take steps to sharpen senior managers’ focus on cybersecurity
London councils’ GDPR-compliance budgets range from £1,000 to £300,000
Policy paper from Parliament Street think tank recommends increased use of shared services
Information Commissioner’s Office gets green light to pay staff more as GDPR challenge looms
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
Nine in ten businesses and charities have done nothing to prepare for GDPR, government research finds
DCMS study finds majority of organisations in private and third sectors have never even heard of soon-to-be-implemented legislation
Bursting the bubble – the ethics of political campaigning in an algorithmic age
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
Major cyberattack on UK likely in next two years, warns NCSC chief
Ciaran Martin claims that ‘it is a matter of when, not if’ the country suffers a top-level category-one assault
Government advises that NHS data can be safely hosted in the US and other countries
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
V&A museum mulls outsourced data-protection officer model ahead of GDPR
Art-and-design museum claims GDPR audit is well underway as it seeks market input on possible DPO-as-a-service implementation
The ten key questions – and nine answers – facing the public sector on GDPR
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
Public sector ‘cannot rely on consent as a legal basis’ for GDPR compliance, warns ICO
Government entities urged to explore one of the four other options available for establishing the lawfulness of data processing
ICO planning ‘three-tier system’ of data-processing fees as post-GDPR funding model
Body pledges new structure will be ‘fair’, with detailed information likely before the end of 2017
What all public-sector IT leaders need to know to be ready for GDPR
Victoria Cetinkaya of the Information Commissioner’s Office gives the organisation's top tips for government tech and data chiefs to ensure they are ready for new regulation next year
New investigatory powers commissioner to oversee all forms of government surveillance
Methods including intercepting phone calls and bulk data collection to fall under the expanded remit of IPCO