-
Recent Posts
- Amazon’s bid for the .book domain name – The blame lies elsewhere
- In a hotel, should we have the same service expectations from WiFi as we do for hot running water?
- Dear @selop, Dear Nokia, do you REALLY want me to buy your #Lumia920 phone?
- Obama 1 – Voting systems 0
- A Paradigm Shift in Personal Data – from possession to use
Recent Comments
Archives
- March 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- August 2012
- June 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- October 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- August 2008
- November 2007
- August 2007
- April 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- August 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- April 2005
- March 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
- October 2004
- September 2004
- August 2004
- June 2004
- May 2004
- April 2004
- February 2004
- January 2004
- December 2003
- October 2003
- August 2003
- December 2002
- September 2002
- August 2002
- May 2002
- December 2001
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: Data Protection
Can you keep a secret? The nonsense of security classifications that #Wikileaks exposes
Like many million others, I’m just starting to digest the first of wave of news about the latest Wikileaks exposé. A couple of thoughts cross my mind. Firstly, the Guardian reports, “More than 3 million US government personnel and soldiers, … Continue reading
When will eGovernment really join the 21st Century?
The news announcement, that personal data of more than 25 million British people has been compromised, was greeted with the inevitable tut-tutting. “Mistakes by junior officials” meant that two disks, containing copies of the data, went missing when courriered between … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Data Protection, eIdentity, SOA
Leave a comment
OASIS Symposium – Identity Management Track
My presentation on “Putting citizens at the centre of identity management” is available on my company website. Fulup Ar Foll, working for SUN and representing the Liberty Alliance here, followed up with an interesting paper on the specific public sector … Continue reading
Posted in Data Protection, eIdentity, OASIS
Leave a comment
Personal Data Services Model
The European Commission’s Roadmap on “eGovernment towards 2010″ contains an item called “Personal Data Ownership Model”, which flags the issue of how personal data might be managed in the future with greater automation of eServices and greater demands for both … Continue reading
Posted in Data Protection, OASIS, SOA
Leave a comment
Personal Data Model
Meeting with the British Government Home Office (Passport and Identity Cards Service) today to discuss, together with government representatives from Austria (my current host administration), France and Germany, to discuss common issues around electronic identity management. My input is to … Continue reading
Posted in Data Protection
Leave a comment
Thief nabs backup data on 365,000 patients – Computerworld
Now that’s one hell of a disaster recovery plan…but what is truly frightening is the collective compacency that suggests that this sort of thing should even be allowed to happen: Firstly, my health data belongs to me, not the state … Continue reading
Posted in Data Protection
Leave a comment
Are you a data whore without knowing it?
Now it may be just an inevitable part of becoming a grumpy middle-aged bugger, but today’s little incident regarding use and misuse of my data really set me off. Those in the information security business will be all too aware … Continue reading
Posted in Data Protection
Leave a comment
Wired News: Passport Chip Criticism Grows
Wired News: Passport Chip Criticism Grows
Posted in Data Protection
Leave a comment
