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UK warns on “cyberbiosecurity” risks in new paper - amid synthetic biology, AI fears
Government promises a new "National Biosurveillance Network" that would join up "syndromic, epidemiological and promising environmental surveillance capabilities" in a new "Biothreats Radar" but promised funding is far from huge...
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UK’s GDPR lite “replacement” kills off DPOs (in name)
UK plans to relax some protections under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in its revised Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, after a round of external consultations. The proposed changes reduce requirements around the processing of personal data where it is used for “legitimate interests”, aim to clarify...