According to Police Professional magazine: The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has warned ministers this week that adopting the Scottish model for DNA retention will decrease the level of public protection. Speaking at the Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee on March 22, Chris Sims, ACPO lead for forensics, said that under new government proposals, [...]
Ian Grant writes in Computer Weekly: The benefits of retaining communications data have been called into question following the release of German police statistics that show internet crime detection fell but the number of internet crimes solved rose after data retention was discontinued. The statistics come from North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany’s most populous state. Germany [...]
Mark Ballard writes in Computer Weekly: A London borough council has conducted what it claims is the world’s first live exchange between a public authority and a citizen using a personal data store. Brent Council made the link as part of a pilot that has followed in the wake of the identity card scheme as [...]
Mark McQuillan reports for Channel TV: Islanders will have new ID cards if a new law is approved. All new residents to Jersey, anyone working here, and people purchasing or leasing property, will be required to obtain a ‘registration card’. If adopted, the move would herald the biggest shake up of housing and employment laws [...]
UK Authority, an online IT newsletter, reports: The bill for scrapping Labour’s ill-fated ID card scheme has been revealed by the government – along with the companies that received the cash. Dismantling the scheme and destroying all the data held by the National Identity Register cost taxpayers almost £2.63m, the Home Office told MPs. That [...]
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