Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Knighton No2ID event
If you're near Knighton in Powys this weekend, look out for the no2ID stall run by Knighton Action for Peace & Justice and the local MP, Roger Williams. They'll be around from 10-midday and you'll have a chance to find out more about the ID card scheme, and to sign the petition.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
New posters
We've been busy designing new materials to advertise the campaign. Look out for them around town soon.
Information Comissioner's Comments -- June 2005
This is a little over a year old but very relevant and makes some of the case against ID cards cogently and compellingly. In a three page statement, the information comissioner sets out his concerns. The full PDF version concludes:
"The measures in the Bill go well beyond establishing a secure, reliable and trustworthy ID card. The measures in relation to the National Identity Register and data trail of identity checks on individuals risk an unnecessary and disproportionate intrusion into individuals’ privacy. They are not easily reconciled with fundamental data protection safeguards such as fair processing and deleting unnecessary personal information... The Commissioner hopes that during the passage of the Bill parliamentarians will not just focus on the desirability of ID cards but look into the acceptability of government recording so many unnecessary details of their own and their constituents’ lives. "
Sadly - too few of the parliamentarians did as the information comissioner hoped. It's up to us now to reopen this debate.
"The measures in the Bill go well beyond establishing a secure, reliable and trustworthy ID card. The measures in relation to the National Identity Register and data trail of identity checks on individuals risk an unnecessary and disproportionate intrusion into individuals’ privacy. They are not easily reconciled with fundamental data protection safeguards such as fair processing and deleting unnecessary personal information... The Commissioner hopes that during the passage of the Bill parliamentarians will not just focus on the desirability of ID cards but look into the acceptability of government recording so many unnecessary details of their own and their constituents’ lives. "
Sadly - too few of the parliamentarians did as the information comissioner hoped. It's up to us now to reopen this debate.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
YAGITFU*
*Yet Another Government IT Foul Up:
It's worth checking your National Insurance (NI) contributions for 2004/5 if you're planning to retire soon, as it seems that HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) has managed to lose 30 million individual's records. Apparently 98% of those records are now back up to date but that's still 600,000 of us with wonky NI records. Would the NIR be any better? It's hard to imagine that it would be, unless HMRC aren't taking NI records seriously...
It's worth checking your National Insurance (NI) contributions for 2004/5 if you're planning to retire soon, as it seems that HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) has managed to lose 30 million individual's records. Apparently 98% of those records are now back up to date but that's still 600,000 of us with wonky NI records. Would the NIR be any better? It's hard to imagine that it would be, unless HMRC aren't taking NI records seriously...
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