davidhconline.co.uk » government http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog Blog Sat, 26 May 2007 12:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 ID in the News» Blog Archive » ‘Safest ever’ passport is not fit for purpos http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/15/id-in-the-news%c2%bb-blog-archive-%c2%bb-%e2%80%98safest-ever%e2%80%99-passport-is-not-fit-for-purpos/ http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/15/id-in-the-news%c2%bb-blog-archive-%c2%bb-%e2%80%98safest-ever%e2%80%99-passport-is-not-fit-for-purpos/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:50:46 +0000 davidhc http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/15/id-in-the-news%c2%bb-blog-archive-%c2%bb-%e2%80%98safest-ever%e2%80%99-passport-is-not-fit-for-purpos/ They are the “safest ever”, according to the Government. But the Daily Mail reveals today how easily a person’s identity can be stolen from new biometric passports.

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]]> http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/15/id-in-the-news%c2%bb-blog-archive-%c2%bb-%e2%80%98safest-ever%e2%80%99-passport-is-not-fit-for-purpos/feed/ 0 Tribunal crucial to Gateway future – 15 Mar 2007 – Computing http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/15/tribunal-crucial-to-gateway-future-15-mar-2007-computing/ http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/15/tribunal-crucial-to-gateway-future-15-mar-2007-computing/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:49:32 +0000 davidhc http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/15/tribunal-crucial-to-gateway-future-15-mar-2007-computing/ The outcome of a four-day Information Tribunal in London this week could have serious implications for the government
’s Gateway review scheme for monitoring major programmes.

The hearing is to consider an appeal from the Office of Government Commerce (OGC)

Further info at http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/03/14/222342/legal-fight-over-id-cards-secrecy-begins.htm

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]]> http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/15/tribunal-crucial-to-gateway-future-15-mar-2007-computing/feed/ 0 Your ID card details will be sold to banks http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/12/your-id-card-details-will-be-sold-to-banks/ http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/12/your-id-card-details-will-be-sold-to-banks/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:02:42 +0000 davidhc http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/12/your-id-card-details-will-be-sold-to-banks/ Banks and other businesses are to be sold access to personal information stored on the Government’s ID cards database.

Ministers want to raise hundreds of millions towards the £540million a year cost of running the controversial scheme.

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]]> http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/12/your-id-card-details-will-be-sold-to-banks/feed/ 0 Don’t like ID cards? Hand over your passport http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/12/dont-like-id-cards-hand-over-your-passport/ http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/12/dont-like-id-cards-hand-over-your-passport/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:53:27 +0000 davidhc http://davidhconline.co.uk/blog/2007/03/12/dont-like-id-cards-hand-over-your-passport/ UK: Anybody who objects to their personal details going on the new “Big Brother” ID cards database will be banned from having a passport.

I don’t like the sound of this.

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