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So how many emails did you receive from ‘data holders’ this month? |
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on the 25 May 2018. The GDPR requires that personal data must be processed securely using appropriate technical & organisational measures. The Regulation does not mandate a specific set of cyber security measures but rather expects you to take ‘appropriate’ action. In other words you need to manage risk. What is appropriate for you will depend upon your circumstances as well as the data you are processing and therefore the risks posed, however there is an expectation you have minimal, established security measures in place. The security measures must be designed into your systems at the outset (referred to as Privacy by Design) and maintained effective throughout the life of your system. The NCSC have worked with the ICO to develop a set of GDPR Security Outcomes. This guidance provides an overview of what the GDPR says about security and describes a set of security related outcomes that all organisations processing personal data should seek to achieve. The approach is based on four top level aims:
The ICO has published a lot of helpful guidance on its website. A good starting point for advice on implementing security measures for the GDPR is existing good cyber security guidance. Some good sources of information include the ICO 10 Steps to Cyber Security, Small Business Guide or the Cyber Essentials scheme. You can also share information, advice & intelligence about cyber risks online by joining the ICO CISP community. If you are affected by an incident which involves (or is likely to involve) a breach of personal data, then you are likely to have an obligation under the GDPR to notify the ICO. The ICO provide more detailed detailed guidance on their website about what constitutes a notifiable breach, preparing & responding to breaches. You may also wish to report significant cyber incidents to the NCSC. Incidents below national threshold should be reported to Action Fraud – the UK’s national fraud & cyber crime reporting centre or, if you're in Scotland, then reports should be made to Police Scotland. |
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techUK: NCSC and ICO publish cyber security guidance on GDPR The GDPR Security Outcomes can be read here in full techUK's Data Protection Bill Briefing Update ICO: New data protection laws put people first DCMS: Data laws made fit for the digital age DCMS: Will you be ready for GDPR before 25 May? Charity Commission: Make sure your charity is ready for GDPR techUK: Does GDPR prevent Blockchain, or does Blockchain assist GDPR? ICO: The GDPR & Beyond: Privacy, Transparency and the Law |
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GDS: Submit an innovation challenge for the GovTech Catalyst round 2 DCMS: New laws to make social media safer ~ techUK: Response to Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper signals movement |
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The NHS ‘Black Hole’ sucks in both unlimited funding and political arguments |
Two inter-twined themes about the NHS last week. In First Theme a new report from the Institute for Government and The King’s Fund considers how the creation of NHS England has failed to take the politics out of healthcare provision in England. NHS England – once dubbed ‘the world’s biggest quango’ was established 5 years ago by the Health & Social Care Act 2012 as a statutorily independent board with the aim of ending ‘political interference in the NHS’. Yet the current Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, has been as closely involved in NHS performance & planning as his predecessors. Nor has its creation led to the NHS being run on "quasi-market" lines as its principal architect, Andrew Lansley, intended. Instead – despite the fears of critics – the Act turned out to be the high-water mark of faith in choice & competition. It has been followed by a return to a more managed system, with the balkanised bodies it created being slowly, but surely, brought together & merged. In the Second Theme the IFS argues that, with the older population growing rapidly, along with the numbers suffering chronic health problems, and a growing pay & drugs bill, demands on the health service will only continue to grow. Just to keep the NHS providing the level of service it does today will require us to increase spending by an average 3.3% a year for the next 15 years – with slightly bigger increases in the short run to address immediate funding problems. At the same time, pressures on social care spending are increasing and, if we continue with something like the current funding arrangements, adult social care spending is likely to have to rise by 3.9% a year over the next 15 years taking an extra 0.4% of national income, relative to today. Put these figures together and health & social care spending is likely to have to rise by 2–3% of national income over the next 15 years. |
Editorial Note: Regarding the IPPR proposal to ‘raise National Insurance by 1%’, one seems to remember that Gordon Brown did just that in 2003, but it doesn’t seem to have permanently solved the funding problem! |
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King's Fund: NHS reforms have failed to take the politics out of the NHS IFG: NHS reforms have failed to take the politics out of the NHS LGA responds to IPPR's call to increase National Insurance to secure NHS & social care LGA responds to IFS report on health & social care funding NHS Confed. commissioned study shows funding is urgently needed to prevent ‘decade of misery’ IEA: NHS system requires wholesale reform, not simply more cash NHS Digital's response to Lord Carter's report Socitm welcomes announcement on funding to improve care through technology NHS England: 12m people to benefit from better joined up NHS & social care work NHS England: Creating coherent system leadership 1 + 1 equals 3 in beneficial outcomes NHS England; Not all is ‘doom & gloom’ in the NHS Presumably Public Health spending is being ‘robbed’ to help fill the social care 'black hole' This problem is not going to be solved by taxing a few people a lot more |
Will other countries also react quickly? |
The UK Public Health Rapid Support Team is being deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help control the outbreak of Ebola virus disease. On 8 May 2018, the DRC Government declared a new outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the country’s ninth outbreak. The latest situation report can be found on the WHO website. The UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) has the capability to rapidly deploy public health experts at 48 hours’ notice in order to strengthen the in-country response, curtail the spread of disease, and ultimately save lives. The deployment is in response to a call from the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN). The GOARN team, which the members of the UK-PHRST will be part of, is working closely with the government of the DRC to rapidly scale up its operations in response to the current outbreak. The 3 UK-PHRST team members deploying include 2 experts in tracking outbreaks (epidemiologists) and a data scientist. The team is expected to remain in the DRC for around 6 weeks, during which time they will help track the spread of the outbreak, and will also support in establishing robust data systems that will help align crucial information gathering. The public health risk to the UK regarding the current Ebola outbreak is very low. |
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DHSC: Ebola outbreak - UK Public Health Rapid Support Team deploys to DRC DIFD: How the UK is helping to tackle Ebola in the DRC DIFD: UK pledges fresh support in fight against Ebola in the DRC |
SME Supplier Locator update... | ||
UK Government and public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase and by 2020, it is the stated intent of Cabinet Office that £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts goes to SME’s. Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers. Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:
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We are what we breathe |
The government has taken an important step towards ratifying the 2012 amendments to the Gothenburg Protocol, an international agreement to reduce air pollution. |
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Defra: UK to ratify international protocol to reduce air pollution Gothenburg Protocol - Air Pollution - Environmental Policy - UNECE Defra: Campaign branches out to protect UK's mighty oaks Defra: New Clean Air Strategy to be launched by Environment Secretary Michael Gove DHSC: New tool calculates NHS & social care costs of air pollution BEIS: UK to lead global challenge to clean up carbon WAG: Cardiff sees first electric bus take charge |
Editor’s choice of other general items of note: |
Defra: Darwin Initiative: £10m for international conservation projects Bringing Europe's Natura 2000 sites to your pocket DfT: KidZania London joins forces with Year of Engineering campaign |
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Still a ‘hot topic’, with widely spread views, for those who put fingers to keyboard in order to ‘share their views’: |
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Brexit microsite (Information about the Article 50 process and our negotiations for a new partnership with the EU) Cabinet Office: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's article for Spanish newspaper DIT: We support EU’s trade negotiations as well as our own techUK comments on plans for UK-EU Partnership around Data Protection BfB: The limited impact of the EU on UK Trade Costs |
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