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Identity, Privacy and Trust
Examining issues around trust, privacy and data protection.
October 2008
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Passports for phones: there's a business opportunity here
- Enterprise Privacy Group 22 Oct 2008 -
Data laws hamper prisoner study
- Enterprise Privacy Group 22 Oct 2008 -
Oppose the Communications Data Bill? Then you're helping terrorists
- Enterprise Privacy Group 17 Oct 2008
The Home Office has floated the idea of forcing anyone who wishes to purchase a mobile phone to provide a passport or equivalent before they can do so, and these details will be logged on a ...
The BBC is reporting that the Data Protection Act has prevented researchers from finding out how many forces veterans have served time in civilian prisons. Clearly this is a very legitimate and ...
Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has defended plans for the Government's proposed Communications Data Bill - by saying that by not monitoring this traffic, it would be "giving a licence to terrorists ...
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Concern over a giant database? You bet!
- Enterprise Privacy Group 15 Oct 2008 -
100,000 - a magic number...
- Enterprise Privacy Group 10 Oct 2008 -
Scientific American
- Enterprise Privacy Group 06 Oct 2008 -
STBO: We don't trust organisations with our personal data
- Enterprise Privacy Group 06 Oct 2008 -
Phorm kicks off its next trial
- Enterprise Privacy Group 01 Oct 2008
Lord Carlisle, the government's reviewer of anti-terror legislation, has expressed his concerns about the proposed interception of data plans in the Communications Data Bill, which is set to go ...
Clearly 100,000 is the data loss number of the day - first EDS admits to losing details of 100,000 MoD personnel, then Deloitte confesses to losing a laptop containing details of its pension scheme ...
Dave has posted some excellent thoughts on this month's Scientific American special on privacy. In particular, if you've not considered how some folks feel about RFID tags then take a look.
Ian's published an interesting piece on the breakdown in consumer trust of how our data is managed by organisations. There is, of course, an element of Statin' The Bl**din' Obvious about this, but ...
Online profiling and advertising exchange Phorm has started its next trial with partner BT. This stage of Phorm's rollout was enabled after City Police confirmed that they are taking no further ...