The government could be breaching its own data protection laws by outsourcing the digitisation of public services to private firms, a new report has warned.
Digitisation in the Public Sector, a study by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) seen exclusively by openDemocracy, warns that as well as the erosion of public services, the creeping privatisation could lead to breaches of GDPR laws.
Under GDPR, people have the right to be told what personal data of theirs is being shared. But a lack of transparency over contracts awarded to private firms raises concerns that these laws aren’t being upheld.
