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GDPR

ICO report finds ‘disturbing disregard for voters’ privacy’ in political campaigns

8 November 2018

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

Chatbots, free WiFi, and paperless councillors – Waltham Forest’s digital transformation
13 September 2018

Executive and political leadership at the east London council talk to PublicTechnology...

‘A crisis in our democracy’ – MPs recommend verified sites and online content standards to tackle fake news
30 July 2018

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

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HMRC used ‘implied consent’ to collect voiceprints of five million citizens

25 June 2018

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

12 June 2018

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

30 May 2018

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

29 May 2018

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?

25 May 2018

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

10 April 2018

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

25 March 2018

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

5 March 2018

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

Public sector executive pay should be linked to cybersecurity

27 February 2018

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

27 February 2018

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

6 February 2018

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

24 January 2018

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

24 January 2018

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

23 January 2018

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

20 January 2018

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

18 January 2018

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

11 December 2017

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

29 November 2017

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

6 October 2017

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

25 September 2017

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

5 September 2017

Methods including intercepting phone calls and bulk data collection to fall under the expanded remit of IPCO

 

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