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What is AI Governance – and Why Does it Matter?

What is AI Governance – and Why Does it Matter?

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday organisational life. It can help us draft documents, analyse information, automate routine tasks, identify patterns, support decision-making and find new ways of delivering services. But as organisations become increasingly comfortable asking “What can AI do for us?”, another question is becoming equally important, writes John McGlone.

September 07, 2026

What is AI Governance – and Why Does it Matter?

News

“Urgent investigation” launched by MoJ following Southport attack data breach

September 18, 2026

ICO updates FOI guidance on the public interest test following Supreme Court ruling

September 17, 2026

Coroner orders Surrey to disclose 24,000+ pages of documents in Sara Sharif case: report

September 16, 2026

Human rights committee calls for AI Bill, single AI regulator and tougher UK GDPR rules on automated decisions

Sep 14, 2026

Welsh environmental watchdog hit by data breach

Sep 09, 2026

Adult Social Care files were not missing but had been “incorrectly catalogued”, council insists

Sep 09, 2026

Researchers warn of "agentic flooding" of public services with AI generated communications

Sep 09, 2026

ICO hits city council with enforcement notice over “systemic non-compliance” with Freedom of Information Act

Sep 07, 2026

Tribunal refuses application for certification that council was in contempt of court in Freedom of Information case

Sep 02, 2026

Former chief executive at council in Northern Ireland convicted of two charges connected to deletion of email

Aug 28, 2026

FOI privilege ruling "erodes public interest test", says Scottish Commissioner in Supreme Court appeal

Aug 27, 2026

Police forces must make sure there is clear senior oversight for staff using Facial Recognition Technology: ICO

Aug 19, 2026

Hinkley Point C subsidiary must comply with environmental information rules, UTT rules

Aug 17, 2026

ACRO Criminal Records Office reprimanded by information watchdog over cyber security failings

Aug 13, 2026

High Court upholds Met Police 90-day WhatsApp auto-deletion policy despite ICO concerns

Aug 04, 2026

Online Procedure Rule Committee to develop voluntary code of practice on ethical use of AI

Jul 31, 2026

Personal data leaked in data breach at borough council during update of electoral register

Jul 31, 2026

Names and contact details of teachers leaked after Department for Education hacked

Jul 30, 2026

ICO reports 40% surge in FOI complaints

Jul 24, 2026

Referral made to information watchdog after sensitive files found in unoccupied council building

Jul 21, 2026

Council worker who unlawfully accessed hundreds of personal records handed suspended sentence

Jul 21, 2026

Council login details thought to be stolen in Russian cyber attack

Jul 10, 2026

Court of Appeal rules environmental information is 'held' at date of request, not internal review

Jul 10, 2026

Late compliance, apology and resource pressures save council from contempt certification over EIR decision notice

Jul 07, 2026

Civil Justice Council consultation highlights concerns over use of AI to prepare witness statements

Jul 06, 2026

Cabinet Office commissions review into Government use of disappearing messages and non-corporate communication channels

Jul 02, 2026

Directors of Children's Services urge greater clarity in information sharing duty statutory guidance

Jun 29, 2026

ICO presses social care leaders on care records standards as enforcement action mounts

Jun 25, 2026

Met Police to roll out permanent static facial recognition cameras across London's West End

Jun 24, 2026

ICO finds exceptional grounds to shield councillor's council tax arrears from disclosure

Jun 22, 2026

Information Commissioner John Edwards resigns with immediate effect after workplace investigation finds "case to answer"

Jun 19, 2026

Investigation finds no evidence of “widespread, routine or systematic” monitoring by council staff of social media accounts of parents and carers of children with SEN

Jun 17, 2026

New statutory complaints duty comes into effect this week

Jun 15, 2026

Information Commissioner suspended following workplace investigation

Jun 10, 2026

Legal sector chosen as first participant in Government AI ‘sandbox’ programme

Jun 09, 2026

Vendor lock-in on public sector data is an "unacceptable point of weakness": MPs

Jun 08, 2026

University first to be fined for contempt of court in FOI request dispute

Jun 03, 2026

ICO sets out plans for statutory AI code of practice and procurement guidance

Jun 01, 2026

Thinktank urges Government to close regulatory gap on “unreliable” AI services during elections

May 26, 2026

Report on government transparency releases suggests “enormous room for improvement”

May 26, 2026

NHS trust dismisses 11 staff members over Nottingham attack victims' records

May 21, 2026

LGA seeks clarity on legal privilege and criminal offences in duty of candour bill

May 18, 2026

Law Society supports disclosure obligations for AI use in court documents

May 13, 2026

Features

KCSIE 2026: The 'for information' version has been published

KCSIE 2026: The 'for information' version has been published

August 18, 2026

The Department for Education has now published the 'for information' version of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2026, ahead of it coming into force on 1 September 2026. Alice Reeve sets out what schools need to know before September.

AI in education: the importance of transparency

AI in education: the importance of transparency

July 22, 2026

The debate around AI in education often focuses on capability. What can it do? How much time can it save? Yet some of the most important questions are not technical at all. Adam Halsey looks at why transparency should come before implementation.

AI Can See Clearly Now 2026

AI Can See Clearly Now 2026

July 21, 2026

Jennifer Thelen, Saara Idelbi and Nyasha Weinberg host a pre-recorded webinar on AI Generated Legal Correspondence.

Worth Your Data in Gold

Worth Your Data in Gold

July 21, 2026

Jennifer Thelen, Philip Dayle and Steph David offer practical solutions to pleading and quantum in data protection claims.

When is environmental information ‘held’?

When is environmental information ‘held’?

Jul 17, 2026

The New Data Protection Complaints Regime

The New Data Protection Complaints Regime

Jun 23, 2026

The New Data Protection Complaints Regime

The New Data Protection Complaints Regime

Jun 18, 2026

Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: Why Local Authorities Cannot Afford to Wait

Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: Why Local Authorities Cannot Afford to Wait

May 20, 2026

AI in Education: Why Data Protection Must Come First

AI in Education: Why Data Protection Must Come First

May 20, 2026

The date for assessing whether requests are vexatious or manifestly unreasonable

May 18, 2026

The right to erasure and unfounded malicious allegations

Apr 23, 2026

FOI and information held on computer systems

Mar 26, 2026

Care leavers and redaction of records

Mar 13, 2026

Substituted decision notices and contempt of court

Feb 25, 2026

Councillors in an increasingly digital age

Jan 28, 2026

Preparing for June 2026: A guide to local authority data protection complaint processes

Jan 28, 2026

Contempt, disclosure failures, and information governance

Dec 15, 2025

Judging the use of AI

Dec 12, 2025

Managing AI Risks in Local Government

Nov 13, 2025

S166 DPA 2018: Don’t mistake the FTT for a Data Ombudsman

Oct 23, 2025

Subject access requests: key issues for schools and academy trusts

Oct 22, 2025

The meaning of ‘vexatious’ / ‘manifestly unreasonable’

Oct 17, 2025

Why AI must power the next wave of Social Housing delivery

Sep 19, 2025

A different kind of target

Sep 18, 2025

Webinars

AI Can See Clearly Now 2026

Jennifer Thelen, Saara Idelbi and Nyasha Weinberg host a pre-recorded webinar on AI Generated Legal Correspondence.

Worth Your Data in Gold

The ERA – Discrimination Webinar

Data Protection Essentials

Freedom of Information Essentials

Collection and use of personal data: a guide for social landlords

Data Protection: Current awareness issues for businesses