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Data Privacy Day highlights shift to accountable AI data use

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Data Privacy Day spotlights a shift from privacy promises to provable controls, as AI, governance and regulation demand accountable data use.
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Snowflake unveils Postgres to make enterprise data AI-ready

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Snowflake launches Postgres and new governance, sharing and backup tools to keep enterprise data ready for production AI workloads.
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Commvault unveils Geo Shield for sovereign cloud data

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Commvault has launched Geo Shield, a sovereign cloud approach giving regulated customers tighter data residency, control and encryption key choice.
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AI outpaces data privacy, exposing governance gaps

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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AI investment is surging faster than data privacy and board oversight, leaving storage gaps and weak access controls to fuel rising risk.
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Bedrock Data expands AI security to Confluence

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Bedrock Data adds native Confluence support to map how sensitive collaboration content flows into AI systems and expose hidden access risks.
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C-suite seen as biggest source of workplace AI risk

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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C-suite leaders, not junior staff, are emerging as the biggest AI risk in UK workplaces, with heavy use, weak governance and data mishandling.
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Leonard Cheshire launches AI Academy with Multiverse

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Leonard Cheshire teams up with Multiverse on an AI Academy to streamline admin, freeing frontline staff to focus more on hands-on care.
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Iron Mountain urges year-round UK data protection focus

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Iron Mountain warns UK firms to treat data protection as a year-round board priority as weak governance fuels losses and AI risks.
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AI heightens data privacy risks & reshapes digital trust

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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AI's rapid spread, weak data governance and rising scepticism are reshaping digital trust and sharply escalating privacy risks.
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US CFOs back AI for finance but insist on oversight

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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US mid-market CFOs eye AI to free time for strategy but say adoption hinges on strict human oversight and verifiable audit trails.
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Databricks reports surge in enterprise AI agent use

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Databricks reports a 327% jump in enterprise use of multi-agent AI, as firms move beyond chatbots to real-time, governed production systems.
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SER rebrands as Doxis, unveiling document intelligence push

Sat, 24th Jan 2026
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SER rebrands as Doxis, sharpening its focus on “document intelligence” and naming a Chief AI Officer in a wider leadership shake-up.
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Rocket Software unveils ContentEdge for safer GenAI

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Rocket Software launches ContentEdge to give organisations safer GenAI access to sensitive unstructured data across hybrid environments.
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Lighthouse unveils LighthouseIQ AI platform for law

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Lighthouse launches LighthouseIQ, an AI legal platform promising faster eDiscovery, case analysis and regulator-ready document review.
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SEK adopts Scanmarket to boost procurement compliance

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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SEK turns to Scanmarket by Unit4 to centralise procurement data, tighten supplier compliance and cut risk in its regulated operations.
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Gartner: half of firms adopt zero-trust data by 2028

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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Gartner predicts half of organisations will adopt zero-trust data governance by 2028 as synthetic AI content undermines traditional data trust.
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UK ambulance data breaches surge past 4,000 in three years

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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UK ambulance services logged over 4,000 data breaches in three years, with incidents rising annually amid growing digital and cyber risks.
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MedExpress automates one million patient letters a month

Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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UK online pharmacy MedExpress is automating up to one million monthly patient letters after deploying Quadient's cloud-based Impress platform.
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Top 10 data governance best practices to implement today

Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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With AI use surging and fines topping EUR €1 billion, robust data governance is now essential to unlock value, trust and compliance.
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Acronis unveils archival storage to aid data compliance

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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Acronis launches encrypted archival storage for MSPs and SMEs, promising rapid access, WORM immutability and predictable long-term pricing.