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It has been three weeks since the missing mum disappeared from the Lancashire village of St Michaels on Wyre

Two-thirds of 500 cyberattacks on government websites last year were done by hackers who wanted to promote their online gambling services, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) revealed opn Friday

It was not immediately clear when the incident occurred

Lancashire Police criticised for releasing Nicola Bulley’s struggle with alcohol and menopause

Lancashire Police has been criticised over its handling of the case of missing Nicola Bulley

Australians would be able to demand companies delete their personal information under a European-style overhaul of privacy laws.

The Information Commissioner is to ask Lancashire Police how they came to put this information into public domain

The Information Commissioner has asked the force to justify their actions

Nicola Bulley, 45, was last seen on January 27 walking her brown spaniel Willow near the River Wyre in the village of St Michaels on the Wyre, Lancashire

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus yesterday released a report with 30 proposals for updating Australia’s privacy regime. The proposals are practical, necessary and overdue. However, they are just proposals, which have been made several times in the past before disappearing into the “too hard basket” of the Australian, state and territory governments.

The Digital Government Development Agency (DGA) is gearing up to train data protection officers for state agencies as required by the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), with an initial target to produce 100 responsible officers by June.