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IT legislation and regulation
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July 31, 2020
31
Jul'20
EU sanctions China and Russia over cyber attacks
The EU is applying restrictive measure to six individuals and three entities accused of conducting disruptive cyber attacks in Europe, including the Russian GRU
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July 30, 2020
30
Jul'20
Barclays CEO says Canary Wharf office set to stay despite home working success
Barclays chief says the success of home working during the Covid-19 pandemic has taught the banks lessons, one of which is that major centres like Canary Wharf will remain
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July 30, 2020
30
Jul'20
List of Blackbaud breach victims tops 120
More than 120 education and third-sector organisations may have had their data compromised through the breach of Blackbaud’s cloud platform
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
Bank of Ireland fined for six-year-old IT breach
Bank of Ireland fined by regulator for its failings to prevent fraud six years ago
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
Campaigners urge government to resist big tech lobbying pressure
Lobbyists for big tech, supported by senior US politicians, have rallied against stricter regulation of technology companies, and threatened the US-UK trade deal unless Britain scraps plans to levy a digital services tax
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
De Montfort, KCL, Newcastle universities join list of Blackbaud victims
Embattled cloud services provider now has big questions to answer over its handling of data belonging to UK universities and charities
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Garmin may have paid hackers ransom, reports suggest
Garmin’s services are coming back online, but the company remains tight-lipped about what exactly happened to it
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
NCSC names national security expert Lindy Cameron as new CEO
New National Cyber Security Centre head joins from the Northern Ireland Office and has spent 20 years in government at home and abroad
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Scotland’s security resilience centre concept goes national
Based on the success of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre, a series of regional Cyber Resilience Centres are now launching across the rest of the UK
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Ofcom to free up additional spectrum for wireless services
Regulator takes steps to boost home network users who are now in their home offices and will be there for a considerable period of time
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July 27, 2020
27
Jul'20
IT expertise in banking boardrooms reduces risk, finds Europe’s central bank
Banks with more IT knowledge in the boardroom are more realistic about risk, according to Europe’s banking regulator
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
Loan charge: HMRC's plans to clampdown on loan-scheme promoters slammed by IT contractors
HMRC is seeking feedback on its plans to tackle tax-avoidance scheme promoters, in the wake of criticism over its past enforcement of the loan-charge policy
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
UK government ignored civil service warning of no benefit in acquisition of OneWeb
Civil service revealed to have taken the rare step of alerting government that $500m investment in troubled satellite company would bring no discernible benefit
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
Post-Privacy Shield, what chance for a Brexit data adequacy deal?
The striking down of Privacy Shield has been hailed as a victory for digital rights and privacy campaign groups, but it will have consequences that go beyond transatlantic data transfers
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Slack takes legal route against ‘weak, copycat’ Teams
Microsoft could be set for another joust with the EU, as its rival, Slack, files an anti-competitive complaint
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
BNP Paribas joins IBM financial services cloud project
IBM’s financial services cloud is gathering steam as more banks join its public cloud ecosystem of finance firms and developers
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Privacy Shield: Companies face new hurdles to legally transfer data to the US
Businesses will have to conduct legal assessments to ensure they can transfer data from the EU to the US and other countries, following a European Court of Justice ruling
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July 21, 2020
21
Jul'20
Coronavirus: Government drags its feet on online misinformation
Online misinformation about Covid-19 continues to spread unchecked, according to a DCMS committee report which has accused the government of dragging its feet over online harms
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July 21, 2020
21
Jul'20
CDEI calls for ‘step change’ in public sector data sharing
Public sector needs to change the way data is shared, clarify governance arrangements and work on building public trust and awareness, according to a Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation report
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July 21, 2020
21
Jul'20
Russia Report reveals long-running cyber warfare campaign against UK
Russia has been hacking the UK for years and the British government has also known about it for years, according to the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
ICO hails transformative year as average fine trebles
Information Commissioner’s Office annual report reflects on a busy period, during which it levied two of the largest fines so far seen under the GDPR
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
Test and Trace programme unlawful, admits government
The Department of Health and Social Care failed in its legal obligation to complete a mandatory Data Protection Impact Assessment
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
Twitter hack fallout: Investigators on trail of cyber criminals
Investigators are hunting the cyber criminals who broke into Twitter’s systems to hijack prominent accounts, amid concerns that more attacks may come
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
Unesco launches global consultation on AI ethics
The United Nations (UN) body opens up public consultation to help experts draft new global framework on artificial intelligence ethics
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
Loan charge: Government dashes hopes of revised down settlements for contractors
HMRC and HM Treasury confirm there are no plans to alter the loan charge settlement terms, despite calls from cross-party MPs to consider doing so
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
Russian state hackers attacking Covid-19 researchers
Kremlin-linked APT29 group, also known as Cozy Bear, is conducting a campaign against Covid-19 researchers around the world
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
IR35 private sector reforms: Government response to Finance Bill Sub-Committee inquiry slammed
Contracting stakeholders claim HMRC and HM Treasury are ‘burying their heads in the sand’ over impact IR35 reforms are set to have on the private sector
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
Banks face fairness challenges as they commit to AI technology
Banks working with artificial intelligence technology face governance challenges to ensure AI-based decisions are fair and ethical
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July 15, 2020
15
Jul'20
Government proposes IoT security enforcement body
The government is today publishing new proposals concerning planned legislation that will protect users of smart IoT devices from cyber criminals
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July 15, 2020
15
Jul'20
London boroughs say Covid-19 shows digital and innovation ‘more important than ever’
An association of councils in the greater London area notes that local government’s capacity to adopt technology and innovate is essential in coping with the post-pandemic world
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July 14, 2020
14
Jul'20
European court to decide legality of EU-US data sharing in dispute between Schrems and Facebook
A ruling by the European Court of Justice will have ramifications for hundreds of thousands of companies that share data with the US. The case aims to balance US surveillance laws with the rights of EU citizens to keep their data private
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July 14, 2020
14
Jul'20
Huawei technology banned from UK national comms infrastructure
After NCSC advice, and accepting billions in cost and a significant delay to 5G roll-out, UK government takes decision to remove so-called high-risk tech supplier’s 5G products from mobile network, and begins assessment of risk to fixed fibre nets
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July 14, 2020
14
Jul'20
Recon vulnerability puts thousands of SAP customers at risk
Users of multiple SAP products including S4/HANA should apply the security update as soon as possible to protect their systems
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July 13, 2020
13
Jul'20
INCA calls for added investment in apprenticeships and skills to hit government broadband target
The Independent Networks Cooperative Association welcomes UK government plans to increase investment in workplace training and apprenticeships to address the growing skills shortage in the sector
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July 09, 2020
09
Jul'20
Dutch banking’s transaction monitoring utility gets green light
Plans for a shared utility to monitor financial transactions in the Netherlands have been given the go-ahead after six months of proving the concept
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July 09, 2020
09
Jul'20
Clearview AI faces ICO investigation over facial recognition
Controversial company that scraped data from the public internet to build its facial recognition algorithm faces a joint UK-Australian investigation into its practices
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July 09, 2020
09
Jul'20
Most finance firms are multicloud, but many are unprepared for public cloud cyber attacks
Financial services firms are moving to the cloud at pace, but many are uncertain whether they could cope with an attack on an application based in the public cloud
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July 09, 2020
09
Jul'20
Matt Hancock encourages private sector involvement in post-pandemic NHS technology
Health secretary Matt Hancock has outlined how the NHS will continue to leverage digital technologies with the help of the private sector after the Covid-19 pandemic ends
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July 07, 2020
07
Jul'20
UK contact-tracing app development leaders fail to reveal launch date
Described as not being a silver bullet on its own, the UK’s contact-tracing app is also a silver bullet that won’t be fired any time soon, as leaders of development project struggle to convince Lords committee of progress to date
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July 03, 2020
03
Jul'20
Chinese law may require companies to disclose cyber-security preparations outside China
Companies with Chinese operations may have to disclose information about the security of their networks in other countries under China’s draft data security law
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July 02, 2020
02
Jul'20
Loan charge MPs denied House of Commons vote on Finance Bill policy amendments
Despite securing the support of 50 named MPs, an amendment to the forthcoming Finance Bill that could have seen thousands of people fall out of scope of the Loan Charge policy has been denied
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July 02, 2020
02
Jul'20
Cops take out encrypted comms to disrupt organised crime
The UK’s National Crime Agency, alongside other law enforcement agencies in France and the Netherlands, have busted illicit arms and drugs rings after disabling an encrypted comms platform
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July 02, 2020
02
Jul'20
IR35 private sector reforms: Finance Bill vote denies further delays to April 2021 start date
Another push by MPs to get the start date for the IR35 private sector reforms delayed until a thorough impact assessment into the changes can be performed has failed to win the support of the House of Commons
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July 02, 2020
02
Jul'20
Police secrecy over ‘IMSI-catcher’ mass surveillance of mobile phones
Following a tribunal ruling, constabularies in England and Wales can refuse to confirm or deny whether they use mass surveillance devices, known as IMSI-catchers to monitor people’s location, phone calls and text messages
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July 02, 2020
02
Jul'20
CMA calls on government to revamp regulations for tech giants
Competition regulator says current laws are not fit for purpose and wants a new, ‘pro-competition regulatory regime’ that the likes of Google and Facebook must abide by
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July 01, 2020
01
Jul'20
FCA estimates about 2.6 million Brits have bought cryptocurrency
UK financial services regulator says there has been a significant increase in ownership of cryptocurrencies in the UK
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June 30, 2020
30
Jun'20
HMRC and Treasury accused of ‘direct interference’ in independent loan charge review
Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group report pours scorn on claims that December 2019 review of government’s disguised renumeration policy was conducted independently
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June 29, 2020
29
Jun'20
MPs urged to back Finance Bill amendments to loan charge policy
Loan Charge Action Group urges its members to ask their MPs to support an amendment to the controversial loan charge policy that could see more people fall outside its scope
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June 29, 2020
29
Jun'20
Lords urge government to take immediate action on online harms
Select committee calls for tech giants to be held responsible for the harm done to individuals, wider society and democratic processes through online misinformation
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June 29, 2020
29
Jun'20
Out of date security laws leave UK plc at risk during pandemic
The CyberUp coalition has written to Boris Johnson to urge him to reform the UK’s 30 year-old cyber crime laws