‘In limbo’ industry demands full details of data reforms
The DMA is demanding the urgent publication of the Government’s planned reforms of data protection laws, claiming the data-driven marketing…
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Government backs industry trade mission to Cannes
The UK advertising industry is putting aside its often tetchy relationship with the Government to launch a trade mission at…
HMRC triples spend on data roles to more than £12m
The UK taxman is increasingly turning to data science techniques to run its operations with the latest official figures revealing…
Cabinet Office hunts digital & data chief for £190k role
The Cabinet Office has kicked off the hunt for a new chief digital officer for the UK Government, the most…
£23m fund to boost diversity in data science and AI jobs
The UK is boosting its drive to create a new generation data science and AI experts, ploughing up to £23m…
Big issues still to tackle in 2022: What price privacy?
In the second of our series re-examining the industry’s “big issues to tackle in 2017” we look at data protection,…
Cabinet Office cuffed for New Year Honours data gaffe
The Cabinet Office has been accused of being complacent over its data handling procedures after being hit with a £500,000…
DWP pulls ‘misleading’ mail blitz urging energy switch
The Government has been forced to pull a major direct mail blitz urging millions of consumers – including vulnerable people…
Class action ruling could force rewrite of UK data laws
Legal experts have delivered their verdict on this week’s ruling which rejected a £3bn class action against Google, with most…
Govt warned over plans to scrap human review of AI
Government plans to scrap human review of automated decisions made by AI – including recruitment and loan eligibility – could…