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Tag Archives: ID
Data Loss
Up until Monday, we hadn’t had any of our data lost by the government (as far as we knew). We shouldn’t have been one of the 25 million lost due to being child benefit claimants, or one of the many other breaches.
Some of the breaches are potentially very serious should it fall into the wrong [...]
More Data Loss
So, the Government has managed to lose a USB stick containing the details of tens of thousands of criminals.
We should not focus on the fact that this is the data of criminals – that will be of little concern to many – but instead look at what’s happened here in terms of data protection. [...]
Demagogue
Sir John Major, writing in the Times, criticises the ID cards scheme as part of a wide-ranging attack on the erosion of civil liberties under the Labour government:
But it is not only the case for 42 days detention that is bogus. So is the case for identity cards. They were to be voluntary. Now it [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties Also tagged 42 Days, Civil Liberties, Demagogue, Habeus Corpus, John Major Leave a comment
The Nasty Party
‘The Nasty Party’ used to be a term applied to the Tories. This is most emphatically no longer the case.
Putting aside historical issues for a moment and looking at recent weeks:
Kathz wrote about an issue (mirror) which I noted, but did not post about until now. That is of Labour playing nasty in Crewe.
The [...]
Posted in Electoral Reform, English Parliament, Identity Cards, UK Politics Also tagged Civil Liberties, Election, Electoral Reform, Gordon Brown, identity, Labour, Nasty, New Labour Leave a comment
ID card can’t prove ID