European Parliament Rejects US Demands for Passenger Information
The BBC reports that the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has rejected the EU Commission’s agreement to automatically pass personal information about transatlantic passengers to US...
View ArticleBig Blunkett to “Fast Track” ID Cards
Well, I expected Big Blunkett to try and take advantage of the Madrid atrocity to pursue his own political ends. Even I didn’t expect him to do so this quickly or this blatantly. The Sunday Times...
View ArticleHome Office Admits All ID Card Data to be Tracked
The Home Office has tried to assure us that David “Big” Blunkett’s plan to impose compulsory National Identity Cards on innocent British citizens is not a threat to privacy. Yesterday that argument was...
View ArticleBlair Repeats Support for Identity Cards
Speaking at his monthly news conference, Prime Minister Tony Blair has repeated his support for David “Big” Blunkett’s plan to impose compulsory national Identity Cards on innocent British citizens....
View Article“One billion people to get biometrics and RFID tracking by 2015”
No, that’s not some sick April Fool joke. In fact it’s a headline from the respected silicon.com The article reports that civil liberties groups worldwide are objecting to plans by the International...
View ArticleCompulsory ID Cards “By 2008”
The Independent reports that ID Cards could be compulsory within less than five years. This is much sooner than the ten year cooling off period originally agreed by Cabinet. Blunkett’s scheme...
View ArticleHome Office Admits ID Card Costs Unknown
The Home office has admitted that it has no idea how much innocent citizens will be charged for being forced to have an Identity Card. At Lord’s Question’s today, Home Office Minister Baroness Scotland...
View ArticleSky to Broadcast Pub CCTV Footage
Here’s one I almost missed: CCTV footage sought for TV show According to The Publican, Sky are seeking pub landlords who can provide them with “dramatic or funny” CCTV footage. Faces of those “not...
View ArticleBlair to Rush Through ID Cards
The Independent reports that Blair is planning a short autumn session of Parliament. This is to allow a clear run to next year’s General Election. In the limited time available, Blair has reportedly...
View ArticleMistaken Identity – Public Meeting on ID Cards
A free public meeting is being held in London next week to discuss the Government’s Identity Card plans. A number of high profile figures will be speaking at this important meeting, so if you’re in...
View ArticleMillions to March Against ID Cards
The Government is quick to latch on to polls that seem to support its position. Let’s see how they like this one: A recent poll by independent research group yougov shows that 61% of people support ID...
View Article“Blunkett’s ID card argument is specious”
Those are the words of Simon Moores of Zentelligence (Research) writing in Computer Weekly. In a review of last week’s London public meeting, Moores begins by saying: Never had I seen a pillar of...
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