IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

This week, we discuss the Australian government’s loss of thousands of classified documents, DCMS Secretary of State Matt Hancock’s buggy new app and the growing trend of cybercriminals using cryptocurrency miners. So far, “Most of the users are political journalists, people trolling Matt Hancock, or both.

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Mining Blockchain Government Libraries 66

The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 13, 2020

The health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced on Sunday that the UK planned to introduce an app that would enable people who developed Covid-19 symptoms to “anonymously” alert other users to whom they had been in close proximity.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 10, 2020

Health secretary heard saying he ‘should have known’ about video consultation breach The health secretary was caught on a live microphone admitting he was unaware of a data breach involving confidential patient information at his own GP practice until asked about it at a virtual conference.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 15, 2021

Computer equipment and electronic devices seized in connection with images of minister kissing aide Two residential properties in the south of England have been raided by data protection officers, as part of their investigation into who leaked CCTV footage of Matt Hancock kissing an aide in his office.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 13, 2022

ICO finds insufficient evidence against those suspected of capturing footage of minister with colleague No one will be prosecuted over the leak of CCTV footage showing Matt Hancock engaged in a clinch with a colleague in his office, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced.

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The Guardian Data Protection

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Donald Trump has made clear he wants a post-Brexit Britain to let US tech companies and big pharma access medical records The NHS is a goldmine of patient data which the United States wants to be quarried by some of its biggest companies.

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