Blog Defra digital, data, technology and security

Personal data runs through the veins of our organisation

Posted by: Deborah Yates - Senior Data Lead in the Knowledge & Information Management team, Posted on: 5 March 2018 - Categories: Data protection, Defra digital

We all need to protect personal information, we do this every time we lock our mobile phones, for example. It’s also important that we, as Civil Servants, protect the personal information that others share with us to help us create …

Modernising Data Protection

Posted by: Lisa Allen, Data Protection Programme, Posted on: 6 February 2018 - Categories: Data protection, Defra digital

Digital technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives. A lot has changed over the last 20 years since the last Data Protection Act was passed in 1998. In that year Celine Dion had a chart topping hit with …