{"id":19403,"date":"2025-07-09T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/uk-governments-deal-with-google-dangerously-naive-say-campaigners\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:37:18","slug":"uk-governments-deal-with-google-dangerously-naive-say-campaigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/uk-governments-deal-with-google-dangerously-naive-say-campaigners\/","title":{"rendered":"UK government\u2019s deal with Google \u2018dangerously naive\u2019, say campaigners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Company to provide free technology and \u2018upskill\u2019 civil servants but concerns raised over UK data being held on US servers<\/p>\n

Google has agreed a sweeping deal with the UK government to provide free technology to the public sector from the NHS to local councils\u2013 a move campaigners have called \u201cdangerously naive\u201d.<\/p>\n

The US company will be asked to \u201cupskill\u201d tens of thousands of civil servants in technology, including in using artificial intelligence, as part of an agreement which will not require the government to pay. It is considered in Whitehall to be giving Google \u201ca foot in the door\u201d as the digitisation of public services accelerates.<\/p>\n

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\nCompany to provide free technology and \u2018upskill\u2019 civil servants but concerns raised over UK data being held on US servers
\nGoogle has agreed a sweeping deal with the UK government to provide free technology to the public sector from the NHS to local councils\u2013 a move campaigners have called \u201cdangerously naive\u201d.
\nThe US company will be asked to \u201cupskill\u201d tens of thousands of civil servants in technology, including in using artificial intelligence, as part of an agreement which will not require the government to pay. It is considered in Whitehall to be giving Google \u201ca foot in the door\u201d as the digitisation of public services accelerates. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Company to provide free technology and \u2018upskill\u2019 civil servants but concerns raised over UK data being held on US servers Google has agreed a sweeping deal with the UK government to provide free technology to the public sector from the NHS to local councils\u2013 a move campaigners have called \u201cdangerously naive\u201d. The US company will …<\/p>\n

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