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TechScape: Elon Musk promised to take away the blue ticks – so why hasn’t he?

In this week’s newsletter: After weeks of warnings, Twitter appears to have backed down on plans to do away with one of Musk’s original obsessions.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023

TikTok fined £12.7 million by UK watchdog for mishandling children’s data

TikTok has been fined £12.7 million by a UK watchdog for mishandling children’s data.

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2023

UK watchdog warns chatbot developers over data protection laws

Concerns have arisen over tech firms using masses of unfiltered personal data culled from the internet to ‘train’ generative AI

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023

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UK DPDI bill seeks to reform GDPR - here's what you need to know

While it has the potential to save billions to the UK economy, civil societies warn the DPDI "will seriously weaken data protection rights in the UK."

TechRadar · Mar 27, 2023

Police reject rules changes that would have kept names of suspects secret

Crime reporters had warned the changes could usher in a “new chilling era of secret justice"

Manchester Evening News · Mar 24, 2023

Do not expect privacy if charged with a crime, says police standards body

College of Policing statement comes after ICO proposes forces across England and Wales no longer ‘should’ name those charged

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023

London council ‘kept hundreds of people in dark by failing to reply to information requests’, ICO rules

Enforcement action has been taken against Lewisham Council after it failed to respond to more than 300 Freedom of Information requests

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2023

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HMRC lost nearly 50% more devices in 2022, nearly 2,000 missing since 2017

IT device losses at HMRC increased by nearly 50% in the space of a year, according to Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests submitted in 2022. Statistics released under the FOI act show that between September 2021 and 2022, HMRC declared 635 lost and stolen devices. SEE MORE HMRC tells…

IT Pro · Mar 17, 2023

Grammar school headteacher leaves after parents sent list of teachers going on strike

Charlotte Jordan left King Edward VI Five Ways Grammar school in Birmingham after parents received a list of teachers going on strike and a data breach investigation was launched

Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2023

Warning to parents as YouTube accused of tracking children's viewing habits

A campaigner filed a complaint against YouTube for allegedly gathering viewing data of children younger than 13.

Daily Record · Mar 2, 2023

War of words erupts over Covid Whatsapp messages

An extraordinary war of words has erupted over events at the centre of government during the Covid pandemic after more than 100,000 of Matt Hancock’s Whatsapp messages were leaked.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Man files complaint accusing YouTube of harvesting UK children’s data

Duncan McCann’s complaint is first one alleging major tech firm has broken new code

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023

Dad files complaint against YouTube for allegedly gathering data on children

'Imagine YouTube as an adult stranger following your child ‘online’ with a virtual clipboard recording everything they do'

Wales Online · Mar 1, 2023

Nicola Bulley: What investigations have been launched and why?

The 45-year-old’s body was recovered from the River Wye in Lancashire on Sunday.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

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The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

1 in 4 children’s apps on Google Play collecting personal data from kids

Research found that many apps did not comply with the ICO code which sets out how UK data protection rules apply to children using digital services.

Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2023

What is Cambridge Analytica? Group manipulated Nigerian election

Previously known as SCL USA, Cambridge Analytica was a British political consulting firm that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Daily Mirror · Feb 16, 2023

£200,000 fine for firm that made three scam calls per minute for 11 months

"They try to con you into thinking they are your washing machine insurers" - victim

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles

Exclusive: Team Jorge disinformation unit controls vast army of avatars with fake profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Amazon and Airbnb

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2023

Cabinet Office faced criminal probe over blocked Spycatcher documents

Freedom of information watchdog’s investigation team called in after UK officials repeatedly refused access to government files

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Nadhim Zahawi ‘misled officials over David Cameron’s Greensill messages’

Tory chair said to have wrongly told investigators there was no communication with former PM

Bristol Post · Jan 20, 2023

Stoke Lodge row: Cotham School’s 'covert' CCTV cameras deemed 'unlawful'

The school said it installed the cameras in a bid to deter vandals

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022

Information Commissioner denies data protection laws would ‘shackle’ media

The proposed code was criticised by the editors of three national newspapers.

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Editors call on Government to exempt press from data protection laws

Editors from the Daily Telegraph, The Times and Mail Newspapers have argued that a proposed journalism code would be ‘expensive and time consuming’.

Wales Online · Dec 9, 2022

Woman asked South Wales Police for information about her violent partner and the force told him

The force was heavily criticised for the data breach - one of two criticisms from the Information Commissioner of the force

Wales Online · Dec 7, 2022

‘Shameful’ companies fined for preying on over-60s with unlawful marketing calls

The firms were “deliberately targeting” those people signed up with the Telephone Preference Service

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