When IT Meets Politics

August 2010

• ID Wars: the slaughter of the not so innocents

  Philip Virgo - Winsafe Ltd 28 Aug 2010

We need the governance frameworks that will prevent over-simplistic (or over-complex) technology solutions being used to once again reduce us to subjects, whose identity information (from biometric ...

• Use Experian et al to improve service not just cut fraud

  Philip Virgo - Winsafe Ltd 10 Aug 2010

At the same time we need to migrate the nation's databases to those who can be trusted to look after our personal data. Who do you trust less? HMC, DWP, DVLA, Google, Amazon, your ISP, the NHS, the ...

• FIPR Alert: Indonesia Finds Banning Pornography Is Difficult

  Philip Virgo - Winsafe Ltd 02 Aug 2010

Last month, the country's information minister, Tifatul Sembiring, said that local service providers would have to start blocking online pornography by the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which ...