http://www.no2id.net/newsblog The latest on Identity Cards and Databases in the UK Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:32:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mark Blunden writes in the Evening Standard: London councils want unprecedented access to confidential driver and vehicle data to tackle illegal parking. Town halls are considering using the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database to manage permits and fines, but campaigners fear it will lead to more incorrect tickets being issued and ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2012-02/council-parking-chiefs-want-dvlas-secret-data-on-drivers/ Tom Whitehead writes in the Daily Telegraph about errors in Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks: The true number of people who were wrongly linked to crimes or misrepresented is ten times greater than annual Home Office figures suggest, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. The scale of errors made in background checks was ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2012-02/thousands-wrongly-labelled-as-criminals/ Rowena Mason writes in the Daily Telegraph: Plans to force households to have energy smart meters installed have been shelved over health and privacy fears. The Government had promised that every household would have a smart meter by 2019 in a £12 billion programme to stop gas and electricity bills being estimated. Officials ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2012-02/smart-meters-for-energy-to-be-voluntary/ Michael Cross writes on the UK AuthorITy web site: Concerns about personal privacy appeared in a "significant" number of responses to the government's consultation on transparency and open data, the Cabinet Office revealed today. A summary of responses to last year's consultation on "Making Open Data Real", says that respondents "expressed ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2012-01/privacy-worries-dog-open-data-consultation/ Stephen Adams writes in the Daily Telegraph: A national DNA database is needed if the NHS is to capitalise on advances in technology and offer personalised medicine to all in the future, advisors have told the Government. At the moment the health service is just starting to offer patients genetic testing, for ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2012-01/national-dna-database-needed-for-personalised-medicine-drive/ Lori MacVittie writes at ZDnet: The term big data has come to mean big headaches for IT organisations and big problems for consumers. Privacy is a growing concern as more and more data is not only collected but voluntarily shared by consumers in exchange for free access to applications and functionality. Those ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2012-01/can-cloud-unravel-the-data-sharing-puzzle/