According to Euractiv (“the independent media portal fully dedicated to EU affairs”): As terrorists’ travel routes become more complex, a majority of EU member states are rallying behind a UK-led campaign to extend a proposal on collecting air passenger data to people travelling within Europe. Passenger Name Records (PNR) refer to information provided by passengers [...]
Dan Worth writes on the V3 web site: Information commissioner Christopher Graham has warned that the increasing amount of personal data being created and shared by citizens through government channels is putting privacy at risk. Speaking at a London event attended by representatives from universities, businesses and the Cabinet Office, Graham said that an increasingly [...]
Kim Cameron, Chief Architect of Identity in the Identity and Access Division at Microsoft and author of the “Laws of Identity”, writes in his influential blog about the end of the National Identity Scheme: Readers of Identityblog will recall that the British scheme was exceptional in breaking so many of the Laws of Identity at [...]
Alice Hutton writes in the Royston Weekly News: Royston is to become Britain’s first ‘ring of steel’ town as hidden cameras watch all routes, police have revealed. Hidden Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras will be installed on every road in and out of the town by next month. The cameras, which record the number [...]
Dr Helen Wallace, director of GeneWatch UK, writes in Public Servant magazine about ACPO’s stance on the DNA database: In March, the Commons committee scrutinising the bill heard its first evidence from expert witnesses, including the Association of Chief Police Officers and GeneWatch UK. The Times reports of chief constable Sims’ claim that 1,000 crimes [...]
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