‘New and improved’ UK GDPR to save £4.7B over ten years, ensure data adequacy
When the UK left the European Union, it effectively copy pasted the GDPR to create the near identical UK GDPR….
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Digital platform launched to fight exploitation and fraud in construction industry
A new platform designed to combat modern slavery and fake credentials by verifying UK construction worker digital identity and qualifications…
UK businessowners see qualified certificates as expensive, not worth the effort
Cost is the most meaningful hurdle to be surmounted in efforts to make qualified digital signatures commercially viable in the…
Face biometrics getting deeper into policing, sparking concerns
Those worried about the use of facial recognition by law enforcement have warned about how the technology could become entrenched…
iProov and OIX leaders respond to Blair Institute report
A public call by the Tony Blair Institute for the UK government to issue decentralized digital IDs to all who…
Turnout low for new UK voter ID ahead of May polls, digital ID off the list
Only one percent of people without valid photo ID documents have registered for a new government-led scheme for voter ID,…
Tony Blair Institute calls for decentralized government-issued digital ID for all
By Chris Burt and Frank Hersey The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change is calling for a change of course…
UK digital identity moves department, financier demands ‘economic digital ID’
Oversight of the UK government’s digital identity projects have moved home, but so too has the boss. The newly-formed department,…
Reveal kicks off body cam trials for football referees
For the first time in world football, the Football Association (FA) has confirmed that bodycams will be trialled by referees…
Age verification for porn access supported across UK electorate, finds poll
A survey for right-leaning TV news channel GB News finds that 78 percent of the British public support age verification…
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