Marcel Berlins writes in the Guardian: Any utopian system of electronic surveillance (of emails, phone calls, etc) or data sharing would first establish its particular purpose. Why do we need it? One reason we’re so suspicious of identity cards is that we’ve not been given any convincing reason why they’re necessary. Second, the bodies that [...]
John Leyden writes in The Register: The Government has announced plans to push ahead with the next phase in launch of a controversial child protection database, despite ongoing concerns about the security of data held on the system. The delayed ContactPoint system, which is due to include names and addresses on every child under 18 [...]
James Slack writes in the Daily Mail: Personal data gathered for the controversial ID cards scheme will be made available to the taxman. HM Revenue and Customs officials will be able to trawl through a person’s financial transactions for hints of any undeclared earnings or bank accounts. The revelation last night renewed fury about the [...]
Francis Elliott and Philip Webster write in the Times: Ministers will be expected to spend the summer preparing for an autumn relaunch intended to narrow the Tory lead. Departments are being encouraged to introduce public service reforms and switch spending from capital to resource accounts to soften the impact of the cuts needed. “Our theme [...]
Angela Epstein writes in the Manchester Evening News: Hello, my name is Angela Epstein. Well, you knew that, of course, since it says so at the top of the page. Oh yes, and that’s my picture up there, too. That’s already half the information you’ll find on the proposed ID cards, which are set to [...]
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