Ann Rossiter, writing on the Guardian’s Comment is Free website, defends government data-sharing plans against the criticisms of A C Grayling and others.
Whatever New Labour is doing it is not, as AC Grayling wrongly suggested here, leading us towards some “bureaucratic despotism”, warned of by Weber. Look at current reforms – as many have been [...]
Computer Business Review carries a thoughtful article based on an analysis from Butler Group’s Sarah Burnett:
Recent reports have suggested that the UK government is planning to create a super database to hold citizens’ details. Meanwhile, UK prime minister Tony Blair has denied the super database idea, but is planning to share data at a national [...]
This week’s New Statesman includes a pull out supplement (downloadable here) recording a round-table discussion about ID cards between several individuals prominent in public debate so far. It’s well worth reading the whole thing – here are some snippets to whet your appetite …
Professor Ian Angell (Professor of information systems, London School of Economics) makes [...]
Plenty of coverage today of yesterday’s sanctioned leak of government data-sharing proposals, much of it negative. Unusually, The Sun gives prominence to the government’s critics. Andrew Porter writes:
Tony Blair was accused of Big Brother government yesterday — over plans to log EVERY citizen’s personal details on a giant database.
The scheme — which will give civil [...]
Peter Griffiths of Reuters writes:
Plans to create a national computer database containing millions of people’s personal details will be unveiled on Monday in a move slammed by critics as a further shift towards a “Big Brother” society in Britain.
Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to propose easing data protection laws that make it hard for [...]
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