ICO fines Capita £14m after millions affected by data breach Regulation Capita has been fined £14m by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after millions were affected by its data breach. The fine follows a cyber attack in 2023 in which the personal information of 6.6m people was stolen, from pension records and staff records to the details of customers of organisations Capita supports. For some, this [...]
HMRC must disclose AI involvement in tax decisions Legal A court has ruled that HMRC must disclose if it uses artificial intelligence (AI) in key decisions relating to granting research and development tax credits. Tom Elsbury, a tax expert who founded the specialist tax relief software platform Novel, lodged a Freedom of Information (FOI) request back in December 2023. But according to Judge Alexandra [...]
NHS: Google faces appeal over patient data deal with London’s Royal Free Hospital Legal Tech giant Google is back in court this week as it seeks to defend off an appeal over a ruling to throw out a data privacy class action against it