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Archive for November, 2011

Revised EU-US agreement on PNR data still protects only travel companies, not travelers

Posted at Monday, November 28th, 2011 by andrew

The Identity Project web site reports: On November 17, 2011, US and European Union officials signed a renegotiated proposed agreement (original English version; official German translation) to authorize airlines to forward PNR data (travel reservations) to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As an executive agreement, not a treaty, it doesn�t require any further [...]

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DVLA wants to cash in on private parking tickets

Posted at Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 by andrew

David Millward writes in the Daily Telegraph: The DVLA is looking to cash in on motorists by selling their names and addresses to wheel clampers and private parking companies at a profit. The agency wants to plug a �100m gap in its finances by charging more than the current �2.50 administrative fee. Last year the [...]

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Dutch MEP claims European politicians gagged over US data sharing deal

Posted at Monday, November 21st, 2011 by andrew

Jennifer Baker writes in ComputerWorld UK: A leading Member of the European Parliament has said that she will not be silenced on the shortcomings of a new deal to pass European airline traveller information to the United States. Dutch Liberal MEP Sophie In’t Veld made the comments on Friday after the European Commission issued a [...]

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Does the Health Care Bill permit medical research without patient consent?

Posted at Thursday, November 17th, 2011 by andrew

According to the Hawktalk blog: The last Labour Government did it in spades and now the Coalition has followed suit. What is �it�? Why enacting legislation that grants Ministers wide ranging and unchecked powers concerning the processing of personal data of course. Don’t worry: it’s just our health records. About two weeks ago, a colleague [...]

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Iris-scanning registration booths scaled back

Posted at Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 by andrew

Rob Hastings writes in the Independent: At the very time long passport control queues are being blamed as the root cause of the border control scandal, most registration booths for the technology designed to eliminate such waits have been closed with no sign they are to re-open. Iris recognition scanners have been introduced at several [...]

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