The UK government may be violating its own data protection laws by farming out digital public services to private firms, warns a report by the Trades Union Congress. Contracts should be made public, it added, criticizing system-transparency omissions. Government promises to invest in the sector has led to controversial contracts with firms like Palantir for tasks including UC and NHS data collection. Critics argue this privatization threatens public services, and risks democracy, secrecy and rights issues.

Weekly Cybersecurity News Recap : Tenable, Qualys, Workday Data Breaches and Security Updates
This week in cybersecurity serves as a critical reminder of the pervasive risks within the digital supply chain, as several industry-leading companies disclosed significant data