UK councils urged to prepare for GDPR now
Some of the changes could be onerous and problematic, warns Socitm's Dr Andy Hopkirk

Councils have been urged to review their information governance arrangements and prepare for the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now. The Society of Information Technology Management...
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Thank Zuck it's Friday #9 - Home Office 'super database', the software reseller claiming £270m from Microsoft and social media data breaches
This week on the IT news podcast the team discusses the Home Office's 'super database' on race, health and biometrics, the British software reseller bringing at £170m claim against Microsoft and the recent data breaches involving both Facebook and LinkedIn....
British software reseller files £270 million antitrust court action against Microsoft
ValueLicensing alleges that Microsoft pressurises customers not to sell unused Windows and Office licences, to the detriment of the secondhand market