Identity, Privacy and Trust
July 2008
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Government's own report calls for removal of innocents' data from DNA database
- Enterprise Privacy Group 30 Jul 2008 -
So long as it doesn't affect us...
- Enterprise Privacy Group 29 Jul 2008 -
The return of fingerprinting at ports
- Enterprise Privacy Group 28 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 ...
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 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 ...
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Aux Champs Elysees
- Enterprise Privacy Group 22 Jul 2008 -
Reputational failure
- Enterprise Privacy Group 08 Jul 2008 -
So long YouTube, it was nice knowing you
- Enterprise Privacy Group 03 Jul 2008 -
Computer Weekly Blog Awards
- Enterprise Privacy Group 02 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...