Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

MI5 chief warns Chinese cyber espionage reached an epic scale, more than 20,000 people in the UK have now been targeted. The head of MI5, Ken McCallum, warns that Chinese spies targeted more than 20,000 people in the UK. ” reported BBC. ” reported BBC.

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The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 1, 2023

GCHQ, MI6 and MI5 propose weakening safeguards that limit training of AI models with bulk personal datasets The UK intelligence agencies are lobbying the government to weaken surveillance laws they argue place a “burdensome” limit on their ability to train artificial intelligence models with large amounts of personal data.

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The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Challenge brought by Privacy International alleges MI5 and MI6 data-sharing regimes and legal oversight system are illegal MI5 and MI6 may be circumventing legal safeguards when they share bulk datasets with foreign intelligence services and commercial partners, a court has been told.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

m in charge of Information Careers in MI5?s We have a diverse information community in MI5 ? Some are professionally qualified staff recruited to work in information, while some specialise only for shorter periods before moving onto other areas of MI5 work. Working for MI5 means networking and CPD can be challenging.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2019

But that was somewhat misleading, because the same day the GDPR came into force, the UK adopted the DPA 2018. Technically, this is the law that replaces the DPA 1998, and both it and the GDPR currently apply to all organisations in the UK that process personal data. This new regime will be known as the UK GDPR. Wait… what?

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

The Daily Telegraph , meanwhile, quotes Cambridge University’s Julius Weitzdörfe, who warns that that the UK is only four meals from anarchy if there is such an attack. The UK isn’t the only country worried about Russian cyber attacks.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 16, 2019

Rights group argues powers of MI5 and GCHQ to obtain and store data breach human rights The legality of the intelligence services’ bulk surveillance activities under which personal data is obtained from social media companies as well as through hacking and interception is being being challenged in court. Continue reading.

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