Hacker News with Generative AI: UK Government

Apple-UK data privacy row should not be secret, court rules (bbc.com)
A judge has sided with a coalition of civil liberties groups and news organisations - including the BBC - and ruled a legal row between the UK government and Apple over data privacy cannot be held in secret.

Data Privacy, Law, Apple, UK Government, News Media

7 points by colinprince 18 days ago | 0 comments

Reintroductions of beavers into the wild in several parts of England (wildlifetrusts.org)
The Wildlife Trusts congratulate the UK Government’s decision to open the door for licenced reintroductions of beavers into the wild and its acknowledgment of the free-living populations in several parts of England.

Wildlife Conservation, Beavers, UK Government, England

193 points by thinkingemote 54 days ago | 149 comments

Apple ordered by UK to create global iCloud encryption backdoor (macrumors.com)
The British government has secretly demanded that Apple give it blanket access to all encrypted user content uploaded to the cloud, reports The Washington Post.

Privacy, Security, Apple, UK Government, Encryption

1146 points by throw0101d 78 days ago | 4 comments

Ministers consider ban on all UK public bodies making ransomware payments (theguardian.com)
Schools, the NHS and local councils will be banned from making ransomware payments under government proposals to tackle hackers.

Cybersecurity, UK Government, Ransomware, Public Sector

7 points by beardyw 102 days ago | 3 comments

Amazon says workers must be in the office. The UK government disagrees (bbc.co.uk)
Amazon is ordering its staff back to the office five days a week, just as the government is pushing for rights to flexible working - including working from home - to be strengthened.

Amazon, UK Government, Remote Work, Office Work, Labor Laws

60 points by thunderbong 215 days ago | 84 comments

UK's Investigatory Powers Bill to become law despite tech world opposition (theregister.com)

UK Government, Legislation, Privacy, Technology, Surveillance

209 points by rntn 365 days ago | 175 comments