Ian Dunt writes on the politics.co.uk web site: The government is being accused of launching a “bureaucratic assault” on families’ privacy after the most detailed census in British history was launched. With 32 pages of questions – including details of the identities of people who stay over and the type of central heating families have [...]
David Sharrock and Jamie Doward, writing in the Observer, report concerns over the 2011 census: A campaign to address the issue, bringing together religious groups, peace activists and digital data campaigners opposed to Lockheed Martin, is expected to emerge in the coming days. One of its organisers has told the Observer that a call for [...]
Martin Beckford writes in the Daily Telegraph: So far, 5million patients have had their sensitive health details, such as illnesses, vaccination history and medication taken, entered into an electronic Summary Care Record. However the project had to be put on hold last year after public outcry that the records, feared to be vulnerable to hackers, [...]
Ian Dunt writes on the Politics.co.uk web site: It was evident when the coalition took power that civil liberties were a crucial middle ground for the two parties. The Tories were always dodgy on civil liberties but it fitted a freedom agenda which could be combined with their deregulation plans to imitate an ideologically coherent [...]
According to the BBC: Facial recognition gates at Manchester Airport were temporarily taken out of use after a couple walked through the scanners after swapping passports. It is believed the pair passed through the gates in Terminal One on the morning of 8 February. The UK Border Agency said they were stopped by the immigration [...]
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