Police

Government prioritises new laws on data monitoring and retention

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Queen's speech proposes draft Communications Bill based on the EU Data Retention Directive
09 May 2012

Criminally stupid


09 May 2012

The Protection of Freedoms Act: how it affects data

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Graeme Burton looks at the new Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, and its implications for data collection and retention
07 May 2012

SOCA website brought down by cyber criminals (UPDATED)

Crime agency's website taken offline by DDoS attack
03 May 2012

Government data sharing plans may breach Data Protection Act

Maude’s plans for data sharing will require legal exemptions, warns law firm
01 May 2012

Metropolitan Police issues £200m tender for IT services

Services to include data interactions with mobile devices
27 Apr 2012

Opinion: What price national security?

Critics of the government’s snooping proposals are missing the real scandal
18 Apr 2012

High-tech porkie detector


02 Apr 2012

European Cybercrime Centre aims for January 2013 launch

Commission proposes Euro cyber-cops in crackdown on e-crime
30 Mar 2012

Lancashire police fined after losing data on vulnerable girl

Police force must pay £70,000 fine after details of a missing girl were found in the street
14 Mar 2012

Europe’s privacy chief lambasts proposed data protection changes

Rules have been relaxed to accommodate police forces, says independent data protection supervisor
08 Mar 2012

West Midlands Police to save up to £4m a year by cutting down on paper

Paperless system means fewer admin staff are required at the force
05 Mar 2012

MoJ set for £2.9bn upgrade to electronic tagging system

Upgrade to include ability to track offenders using GPS
15 Feb 2012

Sex blobject


06 Feb 2012

The facts about ENISA


06 Feb 2012

West Midlands Police spearheads shared services deal worth up to £3.5bn

Supplier has to provide IT equipment for "cutting-edge approach" to policing
26 Jan 2012

Police authorities award software contract worth up to £400m to Northgate

Deal is for a crime, intelligence and defendant management system
23 Jan 2012

Police forces given £2.7m to spend on 3D scanning technology

Department for Transport hopes technology will help to speed up crash site investigation
04 Jan 2012

Lincolnshire police to outsource to G4S in £200m deal

Authority needs to cut costs in line with government targets
23 Dec 2011

Capgemini gains accreditation for services to police force

Capgemini has been awarded ISO 20000 certification for its provision of IT to London's Metropolitan Police Service
09 Dec 2011

Riot-fuelled DoS attack sparks email upgrade at West Midlands Police

Force accelerates email upgrade as part of wider plan to improve information management
06 Dec 2011

NPIA's mobile forensics will save £3m a year

Agency is now seeking private sector partners for technology it will launch in spring 2012
05 Dec 2011

Government security chiefs left red-faced by hack attack

Former minister warned that his computer may have been hacked by private investigators
29 Nov 2011

Smartphone, dumb owner


16 Nov 2011