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Catfishing Campaign Targets Members of the UK Government

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The targeted individuals include “a senior Labour MP, four party staffers, and a political journalist.” At least twelve men working in the UK parliament have recently been targeted by WhatsApp spear phishing messages, POLITICO reports.

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Labour bought data on 1m mothers and their children

The Guardian Data Protection

ICO to fine baby club Emma’s Diary £140,000 for infraction before 2017 general election The Labour party bought data on more than 1 million new and expectant mothers and their children from a leading baby club ahead of the 2017 general election. Related: What triggered the ICO's political data inquiry? Continue reading.

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CILIP welcomes Labour Party Manifesto commitment to libraries

CILIP

CILIP welcomes Labour Party Manifesto commitment to libraries. s Library and Information Association, has welcomed the commitment in the Labour Party?s This is a real win for CILIP, our partners at the EveryLibrary Institute and for everyone that has been campaigning to raise libraries up the political agenda. CILIP, the UK?s

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Will ‘Project Hope’ protect public libraries?

CILIP

While the prime minister mulls over when this will take place, the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, started the year launching ‘Project Hope’ the party’s election bid that lays out Labour’s plans for a decade of national renewal with an emphasis on the power of community and unity.

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Labour Party hit by “sophisticated” cyber attack

IT Governance

The Labour Party’s campaign website has suffered a “sophisticated and large-scale” cyber attack, a spokesperson has said. The party was vague in its description of the incident, saying: “We have experienced a sophisticated and large-scale cyber-attack on Labour digital platforms. “We What happened? What happened?

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Watchdog investigates links between Canadian data firm and Vote Leave

The Guardian Data Protection

Related: Labour bought data on 1m mothers and their children Related: Facebook fined for data breaches in Cambridge Analytica scandal Related: What triggered the ICO's political data inquiry? Continue reading.

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The (discrete) search for the new Information Commissioner

Data Protector

Given the transparency and manner in which people can participate in elections for leaders of political parties, perhaps the time is ripe for a larger group of people to be involved in selecting public officials who will be involved in determining information rights enforcement strategies. Future Commissioners will get one term to rule.