DMA warns contact tracing app will flop without trust
Widespread take-up of the NHS’ much-delayed Covid-19 contact tracing app, which uses an Apple and Google-developed system to keep a…
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Sport England expands ‘This Girl Can’ to woo school girls
Sport England is extending its “This Girl Can” campaign – that inspired over 3.9 million women to get active –…
Public sector teams see major rise in data requests
Data protection officers working in central Government departments and public bodies claim they are being bombarded by consumers demanding to…
Govt banks on data strategy to drive Covid-19 recovery
The Government has pledged to put data at the heart of the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, with a…
MPs join calls for ICO to act over test and trace cock-up
Pressure is mounting on the Information Commissioner’s Office for its lack of action over the botched handling of the Covid-19…
Southerners, Scots and Welsh don’t think they’re fatties
The scale of the task facing the Government’s Better Health Strategy anti-obesity drive has been laid bare, with new data…
Calling all misfits and weirdos: No 10 builds data unit
The Cabinet Office has launched a major recruitment drive to staff up a new data science unit in No 10,…
Data transfer red tape awaits as new Brexit blitz begins
The UK Government is attempting to breath new life into its marketing activity to promote what it claims will be…
Data advice for pubs has ‘more holes than Swiss cheese’
The Information Commissioner’s Office has finally published its guidance on how pubs and restaurants should handle customers’ personal data just…
Govt plots war-themed ‘shock and awe’ Brexit campaign
The Government is giving up the ghost on its “Get ready for Brexit” messaging for a new campaign designed to…