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UK government to adopt central measures for data protection following Afghan leak

( October 20, 2025, 16:13 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The UK government will create a central function to improve cross-government data protection, including a dedicated team for setting standards and handling risk, based in the technology ministry, according to a letter from the Cabinet Office Monday. It states the Information Commissioner’s Office and central government are working on a commitment to raise standards by the end of the year and explain how they will collaborate on the government’s use of new technologies, including a new cross-government Technology Risk Group. The ICO wrote to the Cabinet Office in the summer demanding it do more to protect data following the Ministry of Defence data breach that leaked the personal information of 19,000 Afghans.ICO statement follows. The letter from the Cabinet Office to Chi Onwurah, chair of the parliamentary Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, is attached:...

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