Category - data

May 25, 2018

How Ekklesia manages data and privacy

Ekklesia is committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of users, supporters, associates, contributors, partners, donors and visitors to our website and social media.
May 10, 2018

Rights groups to take Government to court over immigration exemption

Two campaign groups are threatening legal action to force the Government to remove an immigration exemption within a Data Protection Bill.
May 3, 2018

Home Office has 'no minimum care standards' for victims of modern slavery

The Public Accounts Committee finds the government still lacks data and systems to properly understand Modern Slavery, its victims and perpetrators.
April 25, 2018

Home Office 'not to be trusted with data protection exemptions'

Exempting the Home Office from new data protection rules could lead to serious miscarriages of justice, the Law Society of England and Wales and the Bar Council has warned.
April 1, 2018

Campaigners call for end of immigration data-sharing in schools

Campaigners are calling for an end to the gathering and sharing of school pupils' data for immigration enforcement purposes.
March 23, 2018

Call for urgent review of campaign law in wake of Cambridge Analytica scandal

The Electoral Reform Society says an urgent review of political campaign regulation is needed in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
March 5, 2018

New cyber security guidance for charities

The National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, has produced the first threat assessment for the charity sector.
February 8, 2018

RSF urges journalists to quit Apple iCloud China by 28 February

Reporters Without Borders has called on journalists and bloggers who use Apple iCloud China to change their geographic region or close their accounts by 28 February, when control of their data will pass to the Chinese state.
February 2, 2018

Health Committee tells NHS Digital in England to stop sharing patient information with Home Office

The Health Select Committee has asked NHS Digital in England to immediately stop sharing data with the Home Office for immigration tracing purposes.
December 30, 2017

BMA Scotland calls for target driven blame culture to end

Too much emphasis is placed on targets in the health service that say little about the overall quality of care, says Peter Bennie, Chair of BMA Scotland.