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Sensitivity of contact-tracing app will not be adjusted
Spokesperson for PM confirms changes will not be made
Government plans to put digital identities on same footing as passports and driving licences
Consultation launched to explore key issues
Weekly contact alerts via NHS Covid app top half a million
Fears continue to rise over people choosing to delete or disable technology
Digital system to allow police to instantly check drivers’ identity
Technology developed by DVLA has already saved 14,000 hours so far
Contact-tracing app could be made less sensitive – reports
Government says it will take advice on functionality of technology
Scotland bolsters contact-tracing scheme
Programme adds more staff and introduces new means of contact
Minister claims EU rebuffed UK proposals to maintain mutual free roaming
UK proposed ‘continuation of reciprocal agreements’ – which the EU did not agree to, according to Matt Warman
NHS Covid app: from 16 August exposure alerts will ask users if they have been fully vaccinated
With rules of quarantine being relaxed next month, app will turn off isolation timer for those who indicate they have been double-jabbed
New register to ‘improve prompt publication of government contract data’
Cabinet Office chief reveals work to improve transparency
Government opens £30m competition ‘to make UK a 5G pioneer’
Contest invites ideas to expedite the development of Open RAN technologies
Billion-pound scheme aims to eliminate 4G blackspots
Shared Rural Network aims to ensure all four mobile network operators serve at least three quarters of Scotland
Data suggests millions of users have not enabled NHS contact-tracing app
Program has been downloaded more than 25 million times, but the latest figures show only 16 million users have enabled it
Education secretary Williamson proposes ban on mobile phones in schools
Cabinet minister labels devices ‘distracting and damaging’
NHS app: Government considers vaccine-status options for clinical-trial participants
Thousands of citizens vaccinated as part of research schemes currently need to request a letter to demonstrate that they have been vaccinated
NHS Digital postpones plans to gather GP patient data after criticisms over transparency
Commencement of GPDPR pushed back by two months
Minister pledges ‘clear roadmap’ for scaling back 2G and 3G networks
Matt Warman says government will provide more details of future networks plan this summer
NHS Covid app signs £10m six-month contract extension with developer Zühlke
Supplier will provide support for technology that could be scaled to 50 million users
Government broadband scheme seeks input from residents of UK’s most remote areas
DCMS consultation especially keen to hear from tourism businesses
Vaccine status prompts millions to download NHS app
Figures show program is adding about 100,000 new users per day
Online safety: How police, public sector and tech firms have reached a data-sharing stalemate
With the Online Safety Bill now published, former police superintendent Iain Donnelly writes for PublicTechnology on the challenges that need to be overcome in order to ensure the law’s efficacy
Cost of continued homeworking cited as government’s Covid bill rises by £100bn
Departments are now expected to spend a total of £372bn on delivering the UK’s pandemic response