Here is another Council losing control of the data of the people it is there to help. Redcar and Cleveland Council: Four serious data breaches reported – BBC News
The encryption debate – the ICO speaks out against government plans
As I said in my piece below – the removal of our access to secure communications needs to be a debate. Here is what the UK’s Information Commissioner thinks about it: Encryption: UK data watchdog criticises government campaign – BBC News
Privacy is difficult – more on End to End Encryption
Anything that reduces the ordinary citizen’s right to privacy, especially when it is driven by our government, needs more than a social media steam roller campaign by that government to make it law. It needs a proper education of those citizens as to what they are giving up, so the …
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There is a new UK Information Commissioner – John Edwards
Here is the press release from the ICO: New UK Information Commissioner begins term | ICO Here is his CV: Pre-appointment hearing for Information Commissioner – Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee – House of Commons (parliament.uk) Image credit: By PrivacyMaven – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106557848)
Your privacy improved – NHS Test and Trace
This is good news – following an audit the use of personal data, by NHS Test and Trace has been revised to improve the publics privacy. ICO and NHS Test and Trace agree data protection improvements following consensual audit | ICO Here is a summary report: Executive-summary-of-the-nhs-test-and-trace-audit-report.pdf (ico.org.uk)
The Midlands Partnership NHS Trust – apologises for a data breach – but your data is still out there!
Yet another data breach by an NHS Trust and yet another apology (it is sincere) – but the private information of people they were caring for is still out there in wild. Where anyone can access it and abuse it. NHS trust apologises for Covid trial data breach – BBC …
And we are back with the ICO – Fine for the Cabinet Office
This is a good ruling as it makes the Government’s Cabinet Office responsible for the error it made in disclosing the personal details of people on the 2020 New Year’s Honour list. Cabinet Office | ICO However there is some thing to consider: I have to assume that when the …
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