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Privacy and data protection

  • May 25, 2018 25 May'18

    London CDO: More groundwork needed to gain trust for data use

    London’s chief digital officer, Theo Blackwell, says organisations need to do more groundwork if a smarter city is to be real possibility

  • May 25, 2018 25 May'18

    MPs slam government for biometrics strategy delay

    Science and Technology Committee questions legality of the police’s approach to deleting mugshots of innocent people, and says government’s reasons for four-year delay to a new strategy is “less than convincing”

  • May 25, 2018 25 May'18

    GDPR puts people first, says ICO

    The day of 25 May 2018 marks the biggest change to UK data protection law in a generation, with benefits for businesses and consumers, according to the UK privacy watchdog

  • May 25, 2018 25 May'18

    Commitment is the watchword on GDPR D-Day

    New rules for protecting European citizens’ personal data are now enforceable by law, and organisations are being advised to focus broadly on commitment rather than narrowly on compliance

  • May 24, 2018 24 May'18

    Grab outlines its approach to cyber security

    Singapore-based ride-hailing company prefers detective controls rather than preventive ones to deter cyber threats – an approach it claims is less intrusive and costly to implement

  • May 24, 2018 24 May'18

    Stronger rules on data protection by EU institutions agreed

    On the eve of the GDPR compliance deadline, European politicians agree new rules to strengthen data protection in EU organisations