The BBC reports:
The national identity register – the controversial database at the heart of the ID card scheme – is “up and running”, a new watchdog has told MPs.
Sir Joseph Pilling said 538 people were on the database when he checked last week; all except one were UK nationals.
Sir Joseph, the government’s independent identity commissioner, [...]
The Times leader writer comments on the Human Genetics Commission report on the National DNA database:
There should be a clear and independent appeals procedure for unconvicted people who want their DNA removed. All police officers, those most likely to come into contact with suspects, should have their DNA collected as a condition of employment. And, [...]
James Welch, Legal Director of Liberty, writes on the Guardian Comment is Free web site about data sharing across government departments:
The concerns about data matching and mining are most acute when the government holds a lot of sensitive information on a single database. This was one of Liberty’s many concerns when the government announced last [...]
According to the Manchester Evening News:
Following the launch of the goverment’s ID card scheme in Manchester, Junior Home Office Minister Meg Hillier will be taking part in a webchat to answer your questions.
Meg Hillier will be online here at 2pm Monday November 23 for a live discussion about how the introduction of the ID card [...]
Deborah McIlveen of the Women’s Aid Federation of England, writing on the Guardian’s Comment is Free web site, has reservations about the data sharing proposed by the Association of Chief Police Officers as a way of addressing the problems of serial domestic violence:
We are less confident about the wisdom of introducing multi-agency risk assessment conferences [...]
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