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United Kingdom covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to United Kingdom, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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The Investigatory Powers Bill Will Allow Police to Collect More DataProposed legislation called the "snoopers' charter," which would allow British intelligence agencies to collect data on a large scale, cleared further parliamentary scrutiny this week despite mounting criticism from privacy advocates, watchdog groups and technology companies.
The House of Lords has questioned the legal basis for police use of facial recognition and wants parliament to legislate
Questionable institutional change and myriad IT issues pervade the governance landscape The farewell report written by the UK's biometrics and surveillance commissioner highlights a litany of failings in the Home Office's approach to governing the technology.…