From the government’s plans to overhaul digital identity, to HMRC’s new CDIO, here are the key stories so far this week. By NS Tech.
UK’s plan for digital ID provokes mixed response
Industry experts have ‘cautiously’ welcomed the government’s plans to overhaul its beleaguered digital identity programme, but privacy campaigners have warned that protections to safeguard user data may be too weak.
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The Met Police didn’t perform an equality impact assessment before trialling facial recognition tech
The Metropolitan Police didn’t bother to assess whether live facial recognition technology discriminated on the basis of race or gender before they conducted trials with it, according to a new report.
HMRC appoints Centrica’s Daljit Rehal as CDIO
A senior executive at the energy giant Centrica is set to become HMRC’s permanent chief digital and information officer – one of the most influential and high-profile tech roles in government.
Extinction Rebellion ‘flattered’ by government claim that it poses cyber threat
The environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion has told NS Tech that while it is “flattered” the government believes it poses a cyber threat, it has no plans to launch attacks or develop the capabilities required to do so.
CIO Town Hall Live features Northumbrian Water and Johnson Matthey CIOs
In less than a week’s time, we’ll be hosting the second CIO Town Hall Live – in partnership with our sister title Computer Business Review. We hope you can join us virtually on Wednesday, 9 September 2020, at 2pm to hear from CIO leaders representing NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) and Johnson Matthey. CIOs and fellow digital, technology and IT executives are invited to register here.
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