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Apple scraps data protection tool for UK customers

Duncan MacRae — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:11:50 +0000

Apple has pulled the plug on its highest level data security tool in the UK, with it confirming that the encryption of UK customer data stored on its cloud storage service, iCloud, has come to an end. The move follows a row between the American tech firm and the UK Government, which has demanded to […]

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UK Government classifies data centres as critical as NHS and power grid

Muhammad Zulhusni — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:27:19 +0000

Data centres are going to be classified as critical national infrastructure by the UK Government, which means they will be in the same group as emergency services, finance, healthcare, energy and water. This classification will ensure that data centres receive more government protection than before in the event of a major incident, such as a […]

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UK government advises firms to use cloud to reduce carbon emissions

Fin Strathern — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:10:14 +0000

UK businesses are being told to accelerate cloud adoption in an upscaled effort to tackle climate change, the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has advised. The recommendation is part of a series of steps that businesses are being told to consider to help curb their carbon emissions by making changes […]

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