Identity, Privacy and Trust

July 2008

• Government's own report calls for removal of innocents' data from DNA database

  Toby Stevens - Enterprise Privacy Group 30 Jul 2008

The Human Genetics Commission has published a report that calls for radical changes to the national DNA database (NDNAD), including the transfer of control away from the government, and the erasure ...

• So long as it doesn't affect us...

  Toby Stevens - Enterprise Privacy Group 29 Jul 2008

The Foreign Office has reported the theft of 3,000 blank passports from a van that was taking them from the printing works in Manchester. The documents were blank and had not had any data imprinted ...

• The return of fingerprinting at ports

  Toby Stevens - Enterprise Privacy Group 28 Jul 2008

The Register is reporting that the UK Borders Agency is showing a renewed interest in fingerprinting passengers at ports and airports. The intention is apparently to introduce biometric checks in ...

• Aux Champs Elysees

  Toby Stevens - Enterprise Privacy Group 22 Jul 2008

Apologies to all for the lack of posting recently, it's been silly season in preparation for the summer - but finally that's here! Today I depart for a 350-mile cycle ride to London and then on to ...

• Reputational failure

  Toby Stevens - Enterprise Privacy Group 08 Jul 2008

Online auction house eBay's reputation-driven trust scheme is a much-admired and much-emulated model. Or at least, it was until recently when eBay made a significant change to its operation. Back ...

• So long YouTube, it was nice knowing you

  Toby Stevens - Enterprise Privacy Group 03 Jul 2008

A US Court has ordered YouTube to hand over logs of the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video using the service. By favouring copyright over privacy, it has dealt a blow both ...

• Computer Weekly Blog Awards

  Toby Stevens - Enterprise Privacy Group 02 Jul 2008

The Computer Weekly blog awards are now accepting voting. There are some great blogs in there, but I'd like to suggest you take a look at a few of my favourites: - Dave Birch (Consult Hyperion, ...