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Home Office debuts new UK passport

...The Home Office has said that new UK passports with "strengthened security features" will... Read more

26 August, 2010 by Kable

Anonymous downs Home Office site for second time

...Anonymous has brought down the Home Office website for the second time, even though the department had prior... Read more

16 April, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Anonymous UK vows to target GCHQ again

...of Anonymous plan to take another crack at bringing down GCHQ and Home Office sites on Saturday, as the hacking group continues its weekend campaigns... Read more

17 April, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Home Office: Police will retain data on innocent people

...police despite a pledge by the government that they would be deleted, Home Office minister James Brokenshire has admitted. According to The Daily Telegraph, Brokenshire... Read more

27 July, 2011 by Sade Laja

Government keeps options open on police IT company

...The Home Office has said that it is keeping its options open on the... Read more

21 December, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Home Office reviews Hendon police datacentre

...The Home Office is to review the role of the Hendon Data Centre as... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Mark Say

Home Office meets social networks over blocking plans

...discuss social media's role in the recent UK riots. Photo credit: Home Office The talks between the Home Office, the Association of Chief Police... Read more

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Home Office seeks to beef up biometric security

...its counter-terrorism strategy, as described in a new document from the Home Office. Home secretary Theresa May has backed a new report on the... Read more

13 July, 2011 by Mark Say

UK: There should be no 'safe havens' for cybercriminals

...The Home Office has called for tougher international laws on cybercrime, saying there should... Read more

6 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Police IT company to take charge of procurement

...serve as the senior police IT professional. May said she expects the Home Office, and possibly the private sector, to own shares in the company... Read more

6 July, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Home Office sets out plan to block websites

...the web blocking of certain sites on state-funded networks. Photo credit: Home Office The measure is designed to restrict access to websites that contain... Read more

8 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Crime search site crashes after launch

...The Home Office has launched a web service providing a snapshot of crime and... Read more

2 February, 2011 by Kable

ID register scrappage to cost £400,000

...expire at midnight on 21 January. Photo credit: Chris Beaumont/CBS Interactive Home Office minister Damian Green said that dismantling systems and disposing of the... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Kable

Minister: Government systems battle regular email attack

...Home Office minister Nick Herbert has concurred with GCHQ's estimate that government... Read more

16 December, 2010 by Kable

UK interception law consultation excludes civil groups

...The Home Office will not meet with civil society groups during its consultation on... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Jack Clark

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