Guy Herbert writes in The Guardian, responding to an article arguing that the state has an automatic right to our personal information:
What unites us is we are thinking of society rather than the goals of the state. To criticise a bureacratic grand projet in principle is not “implying personal information is property rather than a [...]

Miles Erwin writes in Metro:
A million innocent people should have their records wiped from the national DNA database, a ‘citizen’s inquiry’ told Gordon Brown last night.
Criminals who have served their time should also have their details wiped off the system, according to the £50,000 report, which was ordered by the prime minister in January.
The growing [...]

Nick Heath writes on the Silicon.com web site:
The thousands of UK ePassports stolen on Monday are likely to sell for up to £20m on the black market, say privacy experts.
A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on route to RAF Northolt, near London.
While the Home Office claims that “high tech checks” [...]

As Labour’s soul-searching after the Glasgow East bye-election defeat continues, a number of Labour figures have been writing about possible policy changes for the party.
Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, answers questions in The Independent:
Q: What should Labour do to get people back on their side? (Alex Sweetland, via email)
A: We [...]

The BBC reports the deliberations of Labour’s 184-member National Policy Forum at Warwick University over the weekend:
Controversial government policies such as building a new generation of nuclear power stations, a welfare crackdown and ID cards were also all approved, a Labour spokesman said.