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Data-loss firm will be kept on ... and they'll be handling ID cards too
Jacqui Smith was under fire for failing to sack the private contractor which lost personal data on thousands of criminals.
The Home Secretary said PA Consulting - which has won Government contracts worth £240million since 2004 - broke the rules on secret data.
But Whitehall officials made clear it will continue to be paid vast sums of taxpayers' money. Jacqui Smith was under fire for failing to sack the private contractor which lost personal data on thousands of criminals. ... more -
'Vast majority' of youth ID cards delayed until 2011
It's only the government who wants these cards, more control, less freedom and rights.
Also check... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/educati... It's only the government who wants these cards, more control, less freedom and rights. ... more -
British MPs: ID cards 'could threaten privacy'
The government should limit the data it collects on citizens for its ID card scheme to avoid creating a surveillance society, a group of MPs has warned.
The home affairs select committee called for proper safeguards on the plans for compulsory ID cards to stop "function creep" threatening privacy. It wants a guarantee the scheme will not be expanded without MPs' approval. The Ministry of Justice said it had to balance protecting the public with protecting a right to privacy.
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said that many people welcomed the use of devices such as CCTV cameras.
The National Identity Scheme is due to start rolling out later this year, and will eventually hold details on everyone in Britain over the age of 16. The government should limit the data it collects on citizens for its ID card scheme to avoid creating a surveillance society, a group ... more -
Is fear of terrorism taking away people's liberty?
The everyday threat of having our goods stolen, our ability to travel and earn our livings curtailed, and our personal information harvested by every junior terrorist fighter who wants to see your ID before letting you do anything is overshadowed by the one-in-a-billion confluence of someone with terrorist goals, the means to accomplish them, and the intelligence to bring them off.
What is needed, as one statistician suggests, is some sort of convincing, coherent, informed, and nuanced answer to a central question: "How worried should we be? The everyday threat of having our goods stolen, our ability to travel and earn our livings curtailed, and our personal information har... more -
Tesco refuses beer to man shopping with daughter
A man was told he was not allowed to buy bottled beer by a cashier at his local Tesco, because he had his teenage daughter with him.
Dominic Zenden, 45, was told he would not be served at the shop in Norwich in case he gave any to his 15-year-old daughter, Devon.
Mr Zenden told The Times: "I was dumbfounded. There was absolutely no indication that my daughter would be drinking the alcohol. It was for me. I fancied a nice cool beer on a warm evening. But the woman told me that they don't sell alcohol to people who have children with them."
Shops such as Tesco have been forced to clamp down on sales of alcohol to under-18s, and face fines of up to £10,000 if caught. A man was told he was not allowed to buy bottled beer by a cashier at his local Tesco, because he had his teenage daughter with him. ... more -
Scrap ID cards!
Id cards could be doomed says government-appointed body of experts says there are bound to be mistakes if ID cards are introduced.
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The great ID cards shambles?
The government’s planned scheme to introduce national I.D cards is stalled even further, with 2011 being a more likely date for the scheme to start. Or will it? The government’s planned scheme to introduce national I.D cards is stalled even further, with 2011 being a more likely date for the sc... more
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UK government's secret plans to "coerce" nation into database state
A secret, leaked document that reportedly reveals the UK government's plans to "coerce" the population into a national ID register have surfaced on the net and anti-ID-register group No2ID is calling for people to mirror the plans on their own sites to raise awareness.
It's the following paragraph from the document that's got No2ID especially riled:
"Various forms of coercion, such as designation of the application process for identity to documents issued by UK Ministers (e.g. passports), are an option to stimulate applications in a manageable way. Designation should be considered as part of a managed rollout strategy, specifically in relation to UK documents. There are advantages to designation of documents associated with particular target groups e.g young people who may be applying for their first Driving Licence".
NO2ID's national coordinator, Phil Booth, reacted angrily, saying:
"The charade is over. While ministers try to bamboozle the British public with fairytales about fingerprints, officials are plotting how to dupe and bully the population into surrendering control of their own identities. Biometric ID cards are a sham; a magician's flourish to cover the biggest identity fraud there has ever been." A secret, leaked document that reportedly reveals the UK government's plans to "coerce" the population into a national ... more -
UK willing to forgo civil liberties
The 23rd British Social Attitudes Report has been published by the National Centre for Social Research. Those living in the UK are overwhelmingly prepared to give up their freedom and privacy in order to help the so-called 'war on terrorism'. 80% of respondents agree that a terror suspect - a comfortingly remote term - should be followed, have their phones tapped, and their mail opened. Questioned on euthanasia, four out of five people said 'the law should allow a doctor to end someone's life at the person's request if they have an incurable and painful illness from which they will die'. The survey also questioned Brits on ID cards, the emergence of radical Islamic terrorism, aging society, and the internet. The 23rd British Social Attitudes Report has been published by the National Centre for Social Research. Those living in the UK are ov... more
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Why States are Resisting U.S. on Plan for REAL ID
"The federal government's efforts to create a standardized, secure driver's license that would also serve as a national ID card have hit some significant stumbling blocks.
Chief among them: Eight states have voted in the past year not to participate in the program. Nine others are on the record opposing the proposal. In total, legislation opposing the plan has been introduced in 38 states."
Who thinks the concept of REAL ID is a bad one? Personally, depending on what information is stored on it and how such information can be used, I think it could be really useful. I remember people looking at my old Michigan driver's license and being like: what is this piece of crap, if u're going to make a fake ID make it look respectable at least. And it was the real thing! "The federal government's efforts to create a standardized, secure driver's license that would also serve as a national... more
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