Representatives from the Cabinet Office and DCMS gave evidence to a House of Lords Committee today on the impact of digital technology on democracy.
Experts warn that a no-deal Brexit could cause problems for millions of UK organisations, as the UK will be relegated to third country status.
A number of facial recognition use cases continue to pop up across the UK, despite ongoing protests from MPs and civil liberty groups.
The Sandbox scheme is a new ICO service that will support organisations that are developing products and services that use personal data - but with a clear public benefit.
In an open letter to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the civil society groups want government to take data strategy seriously.
Giles Derrington, Head of Policy: Brexit, International and Economics, techUK, tells the Science and Technology Committee that data held here in the case of a no deal scenario could be held illegally.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has also announced funding to help improve diversity across the cyber security sector.
Data protection has finally become ‘mainstream’ thanks to GDPR, according to Jonathan Bamford, Director of Strategic Policy at the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
It has been over six months since GDPR came into effect across the EU, forcing organisations to get their data protection practices in order.
Digital Single Market Commission Ansip takes a soft soap approach to EU/US transatlantic digital issues.
Brussels said it would do terrible things if the US didn't clean up its Privacy Shield act. Washington said, 'You reckon?'
Privacy Shield was created in a rush following the collapse of the long running Safe Harbor agreement. Having had years to establish a Safe Harbor II, but with no progress, the EU is running out of patience.
The Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee has been investigating Facebook and social media’s role in disinformation online - or ‘Fake News’ - but has struggled to get CEO Mark Zuckerberg to cooperate.