Are government databases excessive? – The Times
“A report finds almost a quarter of major databases are illegal. Is the data storage disproportionate?”
The Times, 27th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: data protection
The Big Question: Are there illegal government databases and what can we do about it? – The Independent
“The Big Question: Are there illegal government databases and what can we do about it?.”
The Independent, 24th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Right to privacy broken by a quarter of UK’s public databases, says report – The Guardian
“A quarter of all the largest public-sector database projects, including the ID cards register, are fundamentally flawed and clearly breach European data protection and rights laws, according to a report published today.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Revealed: police databank on thousands of protesters – The Guardian
“Police are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Firms bought secret personal data on staff – privacy chief – The Guardian
“More than 40 major British companies face legal action for allegedly buying secret personal data about thousands of workers they wanted to vet before employing them.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Straw urged to exempt medical records from data sharing – The Guardian
“The medical professions are to press the justice secretary, Jack Straw, today to exempt personal medical records from the widespread data-sharing powers in his coroners and justice bill.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bar Council Condemns Data Sharing Threat in Coroners Bill – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council today issued a warning about the data sharing provisions of the Coroners and Justice Bill.”
The Bar Council, 25th February 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Fight against terror ‘spells end of privacy’ – The Guardian
“Privacy rights of innocent people will have to be sacrificed to give the security services access to a sweeping range of personal data, one of the architects of the government’s national security strategy has warned.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Straw forced into retreat over ‘Big Brother’ data sharing plan – The Independent
“The Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, will make a U-turn over sweeping new powers which were to allow public bodies to swap the data they hold on individuals.”
The Independent, 24th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
ICO strengthens criticism of Government data sharing – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government’s controversial plans to share personal data between departments and with the private sector are ‘too wide’ and the safeguards ‘weak’ according to privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Surveillance will cost more than £34 billion say Convention on Modern Liberty – The Times
“The cost of running Britain’s state-run databases over the next ten years has soared to £34 billion, according to estimates from a new campaign against what it called the surveillance society.”
The Times, 18th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Government compiles travel records database – The Independent
“The Government is compiling a database to track and store the international travel records of millions of people. ”
The Independent, 8th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
ICO urges organisations to promise to do better on privacy – OUT-LAW.com
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has asked businesses and public bodies to promise that they will do more than their legal duty to protect the privacy of people whose personal data they hold.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Data Bill ‘will wipe out privacy at a stroke’ – The Independent
“Sweeping new laws to allow ministers to release the private details of millions of people to a string of public bodies or private firms have been condemned as being ‘open sesame to a vast increase in government power’.”
The Independent, 27th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Politicians and Celebrities to be protected from child database – Daily Telegraph
“Celebrities and politicians will be able to keep their details off a controversial new database listing the personal details of every child in England, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Children’s database ContactPoint launched despite security fears – Daily Telegraph
“ContactPoint will include the names, ages and addresses of 11 million under-18s as well as information about their parents, GPs and schools. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap the £224million online system – which will be accessed by at least 330,000 workers in the education, health, social care, youth justice and voluntary sectors – because they believe there is a danger that sensitive information will be mislaid or lost.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Threat to privacy under data law, campaigners warn – Daily Telegraph
“Data held by the police, the NHS, schools, the Inland Revenue, local councils and the DVLA could all end up in private hands, according to Privacy International.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home Office guilty of data breach – BBC News
“The Home Office broke data protection laws when a contractor lost a memory stick with information on thousands of prisoners, a watchdog has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Retired police chief arrested for ‘data misuse’ trying to find colleague’s dog – Daily Telegraph
“Andy Brown, the ex-assistant chief constable of West Yorkshire Police, was questioned by officers from the professional standards department over the case of former Chief Supt Elizabeth Preece’s missing spaniel.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government data sharing plan could extend to private sector – OUT-LAW.com
“A Government plan to allow more extensive sharing of personal data is not restricted to the public sector and could result in Government-collected information being shared with private companies, a privacy expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
