Civil liberties groups to challenge bulk surveillance and intelligence sharing in Strasbourg

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ISSUE DATE: 6 February 2019 TOP STORIES Civil liberties groups to challenge bulk surveillance and intelligence sharing in Strasbourg Coalition of campaigning groups wins the right to challenge the UK’s use of bulk surveillance powers, which allows suspicionless surveillance of the population and sharing of intercepted data with overseas intelligence agencies, in European Court of Human Rights. READ MORE → Tech sector tells government that digital identity policy is 'urgently required' The UK tech sector has urged the government to publish policy to support the creation of a “fully functioning” digital identity market, to boost the digital economy. READ MORE → Telegraph Media Group switches out AWS to go all-in on Google Cloud Telegraph Media Group CIO Chris Taylor on why the newspaper publisher is switching out AWS to go all-in on the Google Cloud Platform. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Marks & Spencer launches charging banks as part of startup partnership Retailer Marks & Spencer has announced it will be adding battery charging banks to its stores as part of startup partnership.  READ MORE → Digital Isle of Man launches two initiatives to help blockchain businesses The Isle of Man continues to promote itself as an international hub for technology startups, and is now taking a much keener interest in blockchain. READ MORE → Payday lender cuts troubleshooting by 30% with Virtual Instruments Curo Financial thought storage was slowing down its websites, but found virtual machine and network issues were to blame. To fix this, it’s going proactive on storage performance issues. READ MORE → Cambridge launches urban data IoT project The city of Cambridge will use Telensa IoT sensors and a Microsoft Azure platform to better manage its urban data assets. READ MORE →

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