The Daily Telegraph reports on the CitizenCard scheme.
We’ve repeatedly said we have no objections to authentification systems where the user is in charge. CitizenCard is voluntary, doesn’t directly share the data it holds, and is catering to the reasonable need of retailers to check legal ages. So why do we find it slightly [...]
A letter in The Telegraph points out that:
In July 2002, David Blunkett told Parliament: “No one should fear correct identification.”
Prosecution witnesses in this week’s trial of the killers of Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare apparently felt differently, and the Crown Prosecution Service is very proud of arranging to hide their identities:
The prosecution had to convince [...]
A peice at the The Register has a telling point about the rise of identity theft: government agencies and private companies everywhere are in control of your personal details, but how much care do they take? Not much:
California State University at Chico notified 59,000 students, faculty, and staff that their details had been kept [...]
Computer Weekly reports the results of a YouGov poll in behalf of Glasshouse Partnership. When asked about the government’s proposed ID card scheme:
Just a third believed it was a useful tool in the fight against terrorism or an efficient way to tackle identity theft. And only a fifth trusted the government not to abuse the [...]
Epolitix reports:
David Blunkett has said he will lead Labour’s election fight on ID cards.
The former home secretary, who has been given a key campaigning role by Tony Blair, told the Independent that he would spearhead the party’s drive on the policy he pioneered in government.
No surprises there – the ID cards scheme has been Mr [...]
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