UK Government loses personal data of 25 million people

Posted by Paul Raven @ 20-11-2007 in General •

“Alistair Darling told the House of Commons that the discs containing the highly sensitive information failed to arrive after they were sent in the ordinary internal mail between government departments.”

This is the same Government that assures us nothing could possibly go wrong with a national ID card scheme connected to a biometric database.

Please remember this next time you happen to be voting.

[tags]UK, politics, privacy, data, loss, government, ineptitude[/tags]
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Filesharer? Prepare to be treated like a a terrorist

Posted by Paul Raven @ 23-11-2005 in Uncategorized •

Music industry tries to hijack serious crime legislation in Europe

When the UK Presidency suggested to the EU that telecoms service providers and ISPs should be forced to retain information about the telephone calls you make and the sites you visit, they stated that it was an essential ‘balance’ struck between liberty and security: a grave compromise necessitated by the threat of terrorism and serious crime. Continue reading “Filesharer? Prepare to be treated like a a terrorist”

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