[no2id-supporters] NO2ID Newsletter No.73
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NO2ID Supporters' Newsletter No. 73 - 7th June 2007
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TAKING LIBERTIES - at a cinema near YOU
On June 8th, a new film charting the erosion of basic rights and
freedoms since 1997 will hit cinemas across the country.
NO2ID were involved in this thought-provoking feature-length examination
of this government's attack on civil liberties from early in its
production, and our briefings on the ID scheme have been used as the
basis for some stunning animation sequences and a hard-hitting section
on ID cards*. Viewers are encouraged to join the NO2ID campaign at the
end of the film.
At present, 'Taking Liberties' has only limited distribution - details
at http://www.noliberties.com/cinema.htm. We encourage you to see the
film and take friends along too, and if it isn't showing in a cinema
near you to write to the manager and ask him/her to screen it. We've
lobbied MPs and peers, but in this case every successful letter will
help bring this powerful and timely message to a wider audience.
The 'Taking Liberties' production team tell us that at least two cinemas
have agreed to screen the film in the last week or so, purely as a
result of being written to. You *can* make a difference.
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*'Taking Liberties' is not all about ID cards, but the film and a more
extensive chapter in the book makes a powerful presentation of our fight.
What's next?
Local groups news
We groups all over the country and in 36 of the 69 locations of ID
interrogation centres (see www.no2id.net/getInvolved/idCentres.php). If
you can help to set up a local group in one of the remaining towns then
please contact us at (office at no2id.net). A full list of local groups can
be found at www.no2id.net/localGroups
Lords Constitution Committee to investigate surveillance society
- call for evidence - deadline 8th June
The House of Lords Constitution Committee is calling for evidence into
the constitutional implications of the surveillance society. The
committee are requesting submissions of up to 1500 words by 8th June.
More details can be found at
www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/CFE%20Final.doc
Manchester NO2ID calls for "Students against ID" volunteers
Manchester NO2ID are looking for people who are going to be interested
in helping out with a Students Against ID society in the next academic
year, both at Manchester University and at other universities across the
North-West. It won't involve a lot of work - just organising a presence
at Fresher's Fair (last year the stall was manned entirely by NO2ID
volunteers), maintaining a list of contacts (the Student's Union should
provide a facility for this) and organising a termly meeting. The
National Identity Register is likely to hit students early on - either
because they're more likely to need a first-time adult passport, or
because they'll need an ID card to get a student loan. There are other
things we'd *like* a student society to do, but just to get the basics
right would be a start and not much work. If you're at all interested,
whether you'd be prepared to shoulder the responsibility yourself or
just help someone else out, please drop an e-mail to manchester at no2id.net
Saturdays 1pm - 3pm - NO2ID Edinburgh Campaign stall
NO2ID Edinburgh's regular Princes Street campaigning stall on Saturdays
is at the east end of Princes Street, opposite the Balmoral Hotel, from
1pm - 3pm. We use our stall to raise public awareness of the Identity
Cards scheme, collect donations and entries for the NO2ID petition, and
also to increase membership of our group. Please do pop by for a chat
if you happen to be around. We are planning to run the stall every
Saturday throughout the year, weather permitting, and so new volunteers
are always very welcome. You can see photos of our stall and group
contact details at: www.no2id-scotland.net/edinburgh/
Most Saturdays 2pm - NO2ID Glasgow Street Stall
Most Saturdays there are stalls in Glasgow city centre (usually Buchanan
Street) from about 2pm. Volunteers are always welcome, please contact
Geraint if you would like to help: glasgow at no2id.net.
Saturdays 10am - 12pm - NO2ID Waltham Forest leafleting
The Waltham Forest NO2ID group will be going out every Saturday to the
Walthamstow Town Square to leaflet from 10:00am -- 12:00 pm. Contact
waltham.forest at no2id.net for more details
8th June - "Taking Liberties" documentary film featuring NO2ID
opens at cinemas
Friday, 8th June. A new documentary featuring NO2ID opens at cinemas
across the UK. The film is described as "a shocking but hilarious
polemic documentary that charts the destruction of all your Basic
Liberties under 10 Years of New Labour". More info at
http://www.noliberties.com/cinema.htm
8th June - Cambridge NO2ID Public Meeting: "Whose identity is it
anyway?"
Friday, 8th June, 7.30pm at Parkside Community College, Cambridge CB1
1EH. Platform speakers: David Howarth (MP for Cambridge, Lib Dem Energy
Spokesperson), Ian Gibson (MP for Norwich North, Labour), James Paice
(MP for SE Cambs, Conservative Agriculture spokesman), Phil Booth (NO2ID
National Coordinator). All welcome. Free (but donations appreciated).
Contact cambridge at no2id.net. Map & Directions: http://tinyurl.com/364hlv
9th June - NO2ID Penryn & Truro Inaugural meeting
Saturday, 9th June Inaugural meeting of anyone interested in getting the
campaign in Cornwall off the ground, to be held on Sat 9th June at Seven
Stars pub in Penryn. We are also planning to hold our first information
stall on 23rd June in Truro city centre - volunteer help needed. For
more information contact penryn at no2id.net
10th June - Shoreditch, Music and Impro (in association with
Feedback and NO2ID)
Sunday, 10th June 6.30pm-11.30pm on at The Vibe Bar, Old Truman Brewery,
91-95 Brick Lane E1 6QL. FREE Music and impro to publicise the coming
danger of the National Identity Register. Bands include: Plaistow,
Fragmenthead, The Footlong Heroes, The Side Effects. See the listings
section at http://www.vibe-bar.co.uk/ for more details
12th June - Hackney & Shoreditch NO2ID meeting (**Meeting date
changed)
Tuesday, 12th June 7.30pm at the Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Rd, London
E8 1JH (http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/). Main business:
Election of a new group coordinator and promotion of Clarence Wilcock
day event.
12th June & 26th June - Glasgow NO2ID Meeting
Tuesday, 12th June and 26th June, usual place, usual time: 8pm at Mono
(Map: http://www.glasgow-no2id.org.uk/meeting.html) our fortnightly
meeting, all welcome!
13th June & 18th July - Manchester NO2ID Meeting
Wednesday, 13th June & 18th July, 7pm - 9pm in the upstairs function
room of the Town Hall Tavern, Tib Lane, Manchester. Sadly, this venue is
not wheelchair-accessible, please contact us if you have accessibility
needs. We will be discussing film nights, websites and other things of
interest. Feel free to join us!
13th June - NO2ID Staines informal meeting
Wednesday, 13th June 8pm in the George Pub just off Staines High Street.
An informal meeting for supporters of NO2ID in the Staines area. Anyone
from places adjacent to Staines is also welcome. The aim of the meeting
will be to discuss the ID Cards Proposal and actions we as individuals
and as a group can most effectively take. We need to both counter the
government's arguments and spread greater awareness amongst the public
of the true threat to civil liberties. For more info contact
staines at no2id.net
16th June - Highbury NO2ID Street Stall
Saturday 16th June - 11am - 2pm, Highbury NO2ID will be holding a street
stall. If you have some free time to spare to help out please contact
Caroline - (highbury at no2id.net). Meeting at Angel Tube station at 11am.
17th June - Tunbridge Wells NO2ID street stall
Sunday, 17th June, 11am to 1pm, Tonbridge / Tunbridge Wells group plans
to hold a first Tonbridge stall on the High Street, by the (river)
bridge near the Castle. The current plan is to alternate stall-locations
between Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge. Hands needed on the day - please
email Ian at tunbridge.wells at no2id.net if you can join us. If you don't
want to do that, call by and introduce yourself anyway!
26th June - Hackney NO2ID - 'Clarence Wilcock Day', a
celebration at the Hackney Empire
Tuesday, 26th June at the Hackney Empire. The Hackney Group are
declaring June 26th 'Clarence Wilcock Day' and to celebrate the defeat
of WWII ID Cards. It can be done again! There will be a hip-hop & poetry
evening it the Marie Lloyd Bar at the Hackney Empire with some great
acts and a special guest mc. Watch this space and the main website
events listing for more details.
26th June - Lancaster NO2ID - 'The Real Big Brother Britain'
film screenings
Tuesday, 26th June, doors @ 7.30pm at Friends Meeting House, Lancaster.
An evening of film screenings, including Suspect Nation, The Big Brother
State and talks. This is a crossover event between NO2ID, RINF and
Defy-ID. With several groups working in the area all campaigning
against ID cards and the database state, the evening will be both
informative and empowering with a mix of views and solutions to the
Orwellian nightmare that Great Britain has become.
30th June - Protest at Glasgow interrogation centre!
Saturday, 30 June at Blythswood House, 200 West Regent Street, Glasgow.
>From 11 am (time subject to change). For more info contact
glasgow at no2id.net or see http://www.glasgow-no2id.org.uk/
14th July - Manchester NO2ID Flyering
Saturday, 14th July, 1pm - 4pm at St. Anne's Square. We'll be running a
Saturday afternoon stall in St. Anne's Square. The main objectives of
the afternoon will be to raise awareness among the public, engage people
in discussion about the NIR, and collect petitions for the NO2ID
petition to keep people in touch with the campaign. We'll meet in the
square itself at 1pm to set up shop; feel free to join us to lend a hand
or just chat. You don't need any experience or equipment, just a bit of
time to spare and a friendly smile!
15th July - RISE Festival - NO2ID volunteers needed
Sunday, 15th July 12pm-8.30pm at Finsbury Park. Volunteers needed for
the RISE festival an all day anti-racism music event...and its free. If
you are available that day and you fancy handing leaflets out to some
fab music then please contact Caroline - highbury at no2id.net. The food
is great too!
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What just happened?
Labour party Deputy Leadership campaign
Has been silent about the National Identity Scheme so far. The
candidates *ought* to discuss such an important topic, even if they are
mostly going to endorse party policy. Any supporter of the campaign who
is a Labour Party or trades union member should try to ask a question
about the database state at the hustings taking place up and down the
country.
Government outlines data sharing plans in new terrorism bill
The government today announced a series of proposals that they would
like to be in a forthcoming terrorism bill, including more data sharing.
John Reid the soon to be ex-Home Secretary announced their wish list in
a discussion document published today. The document says: "We would like
to legislate to provide statutory data sharing powers for the
intelligence and security agencies that are similar to those already
provided for the Serious and Organised Crime Agency." The Serious
Organised Crime Agency released its first annual report last month in
which it detailed how it has used its powers, the report says: "The
information provisions of the Act were used to receive bulk data from
another government department which was then matched against SOCA
suspicions." Such wholesale trawling of government databases is likely
to become the norm if the government get their way. Reid also pointed
out that plans for "stop and question" are at a very early stage of
internal consultation and so will not be in the forthcoming bill. In
response to the announcement the shadow Home Secretary David Davis told
the house of commons: "We do not defend our way of life by sacrificing
our way of life, we cannot protect our liberties by sacrificing our
liberties."
Read the discussion paper at http://tinyurl.com/263p4a
Read SOCA's annual report at
http://www.soca.gov.uk/assessPublications/downloads/SOCAAnnualRep2006_7.pdf
Home Affairs Committee Inquiry: 'A Surveillance Society?'
evidence session
Earlier today the Home Affairs Committee held its second evidence
session as part of its inquiry 'A Surveillance Society?'. They heard
from witnesses from the International Association of Privacy
Professionals, Experian, Finance and Leasing Association, Loyalty
Management Group and Tesco. The Tesco witness revealed that they do
share information from their loyalty card database with Police when
requests are made, apparently they can do this because of exemptions in
the data protection act. The session can be watched at
http://www.parliamentlive.tv/
Edinburgh NO2ID premieres ID-Day film
Edinburgh NO2ID's short film of their recent ID-Day demo was the main
attraction at the group's May meeting. The ten-minute film shows members
dressed eye-catchingly as barcoded robots in white hooded overalls with
featureless white masks. This week members of the group attending a
preview screening of 'Taking Liberties' and were pleased to see pictures
of the demo in the closing credits. DVDs of the group's film will be
available from their weekly stall on Princes Street and it also has been
posted on youtube. They are planning further demos when the
interrogation centre opens for business and are now focussing on how
best to exploit the change in control in the Scottish Parliament and on
Edinburgh District Council.
See Edinburgh's short at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQMtrq8BQ8w
NO2ID Covent Garden concert
On Tuesday a classical music recital was held at the actor's church in
Covent Garden. Performing for a very mixed audience in the centre of
Covent Garden, The Volterra Trio - Jessica Boyd (violin), her brother
Nathaniel (cello), and Amy de Sybel (piano) - raised much needed funds
for the campaign, and have indicated they had fun too, and would like
to do it again, so watch this space.
Fingerprinting / ID in pubs update
It seems that not everyone is against the indiscriminate demands for ID
required to enter pubs and clubs that is creeping into modern day life.
This week our attention was drawn to the July edition of 'Red' magazine.
In it ex-Sugarbabe Mutya Buena explains that she loves LA: "You see
40-year old men being asked for ID! I'd love to move there one day." If
Buena had only read last week's newsletter she'd realise that she
doesn't need to go as far afield as the United States to get a fix of
40-year old men being ID-ed, she could just nip down to the Walkabout
Inn in Cardiff! Though maybe she loves the whole being fingerprinted at
US customs thing too.
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"ID" in the news
Australia : Access card legislation could be delayed -
kalgoorlie 5/6/07
Legislation to introduce a national access card could be delayed until
after the upcoming federal election amid fears the photographic
smartcard may become a de facto identity card. The bill was put on hold
after a Senate committee warned the card was likely to become a de facto
identity card, and critics have rung alarm bells about the privacy
implications.
http://tinyurl.com/2avvsc
Secrecy and abuse of trust - Computer Weekly 5/6/07
In a briefing on the Freedom of Information Act, the OGC [Office of
Government Commerce] told its teams of Gateway reviewers - who assess
the progress of IT projects at key stages in their lifecycle - that they
"must securely dispose of the [Gateway] report and all supporting
documents immediately after the delivery of the final report". The OGC
seems to think that Gateway reviews reveal the keycodes to Britain's
nuclear secrets.
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/06/05/224550/secrecy-and-abuse-of-trust.htm
Cost reports of ID cards 'destroyed' - Contactor UK 5/6/07
Treasury officials must destroy the Gateway reviews spelling out the
cost of the government's ID cards scheme, under orders handed down by
the Office of Government Commerce. A leaked memo obtained yesterday by
The Times reportedly reveals the Office wants progress reports for the
controversial scheme and other IT projects to be binned.
http://www.contractoruk.com/news/003282.html
Italy : Two Flying Saucers Will Spy On Milan - Corriere della
Sera 4/6/07
Milan -- It's silent, almost invisible and operates by day and night.It
can even see and film in the dark. People are calling it a "spy in the
sky" but it actually looks more like a flying saucer. In the next few
weeks, the flying camera will be buzzing overhead as Milan residents go
about their business. It's the latest and most futuristic step in the
march of metropolitan security. But it is also emblematic of the
nightmare of a city under non-stop surveillance.
http://www.corriere.it/english/articoli/2007/06_Giugno/04/Saucers.shtml
Call for controls on school fingerprinting - Education Guardian
4/6/07
The government was criticised today for not setting clear guidelines for
fingerprinting pupils after figures showed that nearly 300 schools in
England were using some form of biometric system. A survey of local
education authorities, conducted by the Liberal Democrats, found at
least 285 schools were now fingerprinting their pupils for registration,
using the library or buying school meals.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2095058,00.html
Portugal: DNA database go-ahead - europa.eu 1/6/07
Portugal's Council of Ministers has approved a law establishing
databases of DNA profiles. One will contain the profiles of convicted
serious criminals. This will be compulsory, but will apply only to those
who actually serve a prison sentence of three years or more. When an
offender's criminal record is deleted, the DNA profile will be deleted
on the same date. The other will house samples contributed voluntarily
by citizens.
http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7047/194
Belgium: New, super-secure generation of eIDs - europa.eu 1/6/07
The Bulgarian government has just announced that a new generation of
personal IDs will be issued from 31 October. The modernised eDocuments
will look similar to the current Bulgarian identity card, but inside
will carry biometric information in the shape of either a thumbprint or
retina scan.
http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7042/194
Majority of UK's CCTV cameras 'are illegal' - The Daily
Telegraph 31/5/07
Up to 90 per cent of surveillance cameras may be breaching the
Information Commissioner's code of practice laid down to stop cameras
being used inappropriately.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/31/ncamera131.xml
Brown to personalise the case for ID cards - Contactor UK 30/5/07
Biometric ID cards are simply the latest technology to secure the lives
of the UK's individuals and businesses, rather than a means to protect
them from terrorists. Such a change in tact of selling national ID cards
as primarily a perk to consumers and companies alike is to be pioneered
by a Gordon Brown-led government.
http://www.contractoruk.com/news/003272.html
Appeal over ruling on ID cards review - The Financial Tine 30/5/07
The Office of Government Commerce is to appeal to the High Court over a
ruling that requires it to disclose a review of the controversial ID
cards project. The so-called "gateway reviews" are conducted at critical
stages of all big government IT projects to determine whether they are
on track. But while the OGC maintains that it examines any Freedom of
Information Act request for the reviews case-by-case, it has never
released them. It argues that to do so would hamper the frank discussion
on which they depend.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a633c624-0e4a-11dc-8219-000b5df10621.html
Revolt against new U.S. ID card grows - Reuters 24/5/07
Boston - New Hampshire on Thursday joined a growing list of states to
reject a controversial U.S. identification card that opponents say will
cost billions of dollars to administer and present a risk to privacy.
New Hampshire becomes the 13th state to oppose the identification card.
Another 22 states are considering similar legislation or resolutions to
reject it, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2438014120070524
(Please send me any items of interest you encounter -
Editor(newsletter at no2id.net) )
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