Legal challenge seeks to stop ministers sending disappearing messages
Self-destructing messages are undemocratic, say transparency campaigners preparing judicial review.
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Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers
Uber’s use of facial recognition technology for a driver identity system is being challenged in the U.K., where the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) and Worker Info Exchange (WIE) have called for Microsoft to suspend the ride-hailing giant’s use of B2B facial recognition.
Commission ‘not naive’ about UK’s data ambitions, Reynders assures MEPs
However, EU lawmakers in Brussels doubt that the UK’s future data protection landscape will be fully aligned with EU data protection standards
UK Government and ICO Agree on Procedure for Future Adequacy Decisions
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport signed a Memorandum of Understandingwith the ICO regarding new UK adequacy assessments following the UK’s departure from the EU.
UK to introduce new laws and a code of practice for police wanting to rifle through mobile phone messages
A new UK law will explicitly authorise the “voluntary” slurping of data from mobile phones of crime suspects and witnesses.
Internet providers tracking sites we visit in secretive trial
Campaigners complain of ‘staggering lack of transparency’ around mass data collection experiment.
UK minister signals divergence: ‘EU doesn’t hold the monopoly on data protection’
A United Kingdom government minister has signalled the country is likely to diverge from the European Union on data protection.
UK Post Office to use biometrics for client identification
The rollout includes a free-to-use app that will combine customers’ personal data and biometrics to create a secure, reusable ID on their phone.
GCHQ to use AI to tackle crime and disinformation
GCHQ published a paper called Ethics of AI: Pioneering a New National Security which explains why the technology – enabling problem-solving at scale and speed – will be at the heart of our mission to keep the country safe in an increasingly complex world.
CyberScotland offers centralised security resource hub
Newly launched partnership brings together security resources for individuals and organisations across Scotland.
European Commission Publishes Draft UK Data Transfer Adequacy Determination
The European Commission published a draft data protection adequacy decision relating to the UK. If the draft decision is adopted, organizations in the EU will be able to continue to transfer personal data to organizations in the UK without restriction.
EU Set to Publish UK Adequacy Decision
In a decision anticipated in coming weeks, European Commission is set to allow the continued free flow of data between the EU and UK.