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Government not listening on surveillance |
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Saturday, 20 June 2009 |
ISPI Clips: News on Identity, Surveillance and Privacy Issues
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Thursday June 18, 2009
ISPI Clips 133.313: UK - Government not listening on surveillance, say Lords
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This From: VNUNet.com (UK), June 17, 2009
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Government not listening on surveillance, say Lords
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2244335/government-listening
Privacy watchdog needs greater powers and snooping
laws must be reformed, says committee
Tom Young, Computing
17 Jun 2009
The House of Lords Constitution Committee has expressed disappointment at
the government's response to its report on surveillance and privacy.
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/lords_constitution_committee.cfm
The report in February recommended more powers for the Information
Commissioner, in particular to allow monitoring of the private sector, and
greater use of privacy impact assessments.
Lord Goodlad, chairman of the Lords Constitution Committee, said: "We are
disappointed the government has failed to recognise the fundamental
importance of privacy in the relationship between individuals and the
state," he said.
"The government should also have accepted our argument that the Information
Commissioner needs greater powers over inspecting private sector
organisations. " <| Powered by www.ISPIClips.com |>
In its response to the report, the government rejected proposals for a
review of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which allows
authorities to intercept communications, as well as rejecting calls for a
Joint Committee on surveillance and data powers and for more information to
be provided to citizens on surveillance issues.
And the committee said the government failed to address recommendations on
citizen-oriented identification systems that could give individuals control
over identification and authentication data.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldselect/ldconst/114/114.pdf
The House of Lords will debate the issue this on Friday June 19, 2009. To view the transcript follow this link http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldtoday/01.htm#hddr_3
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UK - ICO publishes revised privacy-protection handbook |
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
ISPI Clips: News on Identity, Surveillance and Privacy Issues
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Tueasday June 9, 2009
ISPI Clips 133.161: UK - ICO publishes revised privacy-protection handbook
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This From: Out-Law News, June 8, 2009
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Privacy regulator publishes revised privacy-protection handbook
http://www.out-law.com/page-10069
OUT-LAW News, 08/06/2009
Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has told
companies that they should follow similar rules to Government departments to
make sure that privacy protection forms part of new computer systems right
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Information Sharing Alert |
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Saturday, 07 March 2009 |
Information sharing provisions in the draft Coroners and Justice Bill
include some of the most wide-ranging and potentially intrusive
proposals ever laid before Parliament. In particular, clause 152 is a
profound threat to privacy, liberty and the rule of law.
The new powers are designed to give ministers a fast-track procedure
to share data across departmental databases, overriding data
protection, human-rights and confidentiality.
We strongly object to these powers on the basis of principle and
practice. On principle, they would sweep away fundamental democratic
liberties. In practice, the Government has consistently failed to
manage large-scale ICT projects, resulting in massive data losses and
vast expense.
Just as importantly, Parliamentary scrutiny will be sidestepped by
introducing information sharing orders via secondary legislation,
overseen only by the toothless Information Commissioner's Office.
Polls show the public are against the proposals, which would give
Government far too much power over our personal data. But polls aren't
always important: it's up to you, the committed, motivated few to
stand up to protect the rights of the wider community.
We can make a difference and, with the bill scheduled for a third
reading in the House of Commons during March, its vital we take action
now. We are asking three things from you:
1. Please write to your MP today - very simple using
http://www.writetothem.com - about clause 152 of the Coroners and
Justice Bill, stating explicitly that you refuse to consent for your
personal data to be used under any information sharing order.
Explain in personal terms the harm to society that these powers will
cause and demand that they stand up against clause 152.
2. Please go along to MP's surgery and press for a face to face
conversation. Many of you have the technical expertise to clearly
explain the risks associated with the database state in general and
data-sharing in particular, which is key to understanding why clause
152 is so dangerous.
3. To raise awareness of clause 152, please blog about this call to
action and your related correspondence.
Further materials
1. This Privacy International Black Zone report includes extended
commentary and a detailed list of data-sharing examples:
http://www.privacyinternational.org/countries/uk/uk_data_sharing_report.pdf
2. This NO2ID briefing indicates both the broad concerns and gives a
detailed legal analysis of the proposal:
http://www.no2id.net/IDSchemes/2009-01-22-coroners-and-justice-bill-briefing.pdf
3. NO2ID also have an extensive archive of background material:
http://www.no2id.net/datasharing |
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