Joseph Harker writes in The Guardian about concerns over DNA retention at “Black Britain Decides”, a hustings addressed by senior politicians, starting with Harriet Harman:
She raised a cheer when she made the valid point that only Labour governments had ever passed race equality laws. But she had little to say apart from: “We are opposed [...]

David Bond writes in the Independent:
Thirty years ago, very little data was kept on British citizens – but now all that has changed. With support from the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, I have completed a feature documentary about the issues. It is called Erasing David. My producer hired Cerberus, [...]

Toby Stevens writes on the Computer Weekly web site:
One of the biggest flaws in the National ID Scheme’s architecture is its failure to support peer-to-peer authentication in any meaningful way. The government has promoted it as a way to interact with government, UK border controls, proof of age scenarios, and… that’s about it really. However, [...]

Fiona McIntosh writes in the Sunday Mirror:
The letter looked so dull I almost threw it in the bin without opening it. More boring council ­rubbish. But I read it, and it wasn’t dull at all. It was bloody terrifying. My NHS chief executive was writing to tell me my private ­medical records were about to [...]

Ian Quinn writes in the doctor’s magazine “Pulse”:
GP leaders have attacked NHS IT chiefs over trusts being left in a state of total confusion about the Summary Care Record rollout.
More than a week ago the Government ordered the uploading of care records to be suspended in areas where the DH had launched an accelerated rollout, [...]