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Outsourcer training coronavirus tracers was told to take "remedial measures" after sharing email addressers

Usual limitations relaxed as organisations across the NHS are told to share data in fight against coronavirus

The UK’s regulatory framework for AI in the public sector is "still a work in progress", the Committee on Standards in Public Life chair says

UK Statistics Authority and ICO issue election warning ahead of five-week information onslaught

Number of staff taking courses has more than trebled in last three years

Information commissioner also said departments had done the "minimum" work needed to comply with GDPR, but there was "much more to be done"

Norman Lamb has asked the information commissioner to respond to his committee's call for people to be given a legal way to challenge the outcome of decisions made using algorithms

Discussions underway for whether and how Liam Maxwell will be replaced after he leaves civil service in October

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

Home secretary also tells Home Affairs Committee the department has recruited 80% of immigration caseworkers needed for Brexit

Amid technology advances Tony Porter calls for extension of remit of Surveillance Camera Code of Practice

Transferring data policy to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is a welcome move, but the government needs to be clear about what it wants to do with all this data

Department also takes over BEIS remit for digital signatures in policy shake-up

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

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

Civil servants have access to an unprecedented amount of data, but how can they better use it to improve citizen outcomes? Geoffrey Lyons reports on a recent round table discussion

New rules mean Whitehall departments will need to think about privacy implications and data protection issues right at the start of policy developments. Here’s how to get ready for the change

Watchdog looks for international input on new regulatory landscape​ as deadline looms

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

For a public sector only just beginning to adapt to the demands of digital data, the looming General Data Protection Regulation obligations could be alarming. Jane Roberts of Toplevel asks how the GDPR will differ from existing legislation

Drive to boost digital public services needs renewed political leadership after the election, says think tank

Public sector CIOs may get below average salaries and bonuses, but they’re still among the happiest of IT leaders

Theresa May’s fledgling post-Brexit industrial strategy seeks to use government purchasing power to boost UK business if the Conservatives remain in power. Colin Marrs looks at historical precedents and future pointers.

Dan Corry, former special adviser and head of the charity think tank NPC, argues that the public and charity sectors must learn from each other as they face joint challenges of capacity, governance and transformation