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Submission + - Did Slashdot cause a UK Government U-turn? (blogspot.com)

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Richard Rothwell

on Sunday March 08, 2009 @09:43AM

Richard Rothwell writes: "Jack Straw has announced today a back down on plans to exempt the UK Government from the Data Protection Act. The announcement was made to the Daily Telegraph initially — saying that it will completely remove the offending clause from the Coroners and Justice Bill. The effect of this clause was reported earlier on Slashdot.

In the report, Jack Straw's minions seem to underplay the impact of the Slashdot article and mass Facebook/NO2ID campaign. Is this because they are worried that this sort of campaign could be launched at any time to keep them honest?"

Submission + - UK Government to bypass the Data Protection Act (facebook.com) 1

Submitted by

rar42

on Monday March 02, 2009 @12:50PM

rar42 writes: "Clause 152 of the Coroners and Justice Bill — currently being debated by the UK Parliament — would allow any Minister by order to take any information gathered for one purpose from anywhere, and use it for any other purpose.

Personal information arbitrarily used without consent or even knowledge. The very reverse of 'Data Protection'.

An 'Information Sharing Order', as defined in Clause 152, would permit personal information to be trafficked and abused, not only all across government and the public sector — it would also reach into the private sector. And it would even allow transfer of information across international borders.

NO2ID has launched a Facebook group to challenge this threat to data protection."

Submission + - Vista security spec a 'suicide note'?

Submitted by

rar42

on Monday December 25, 2006 @04:28PM

rar42 writes: "The Inquirer reports an analysis by Peter Gutmann — a medical imaging specialist. This isn't the usual anti-Microsoft story — just a professional looking at what is going to happen to his computer if it is upgraded to Microsoft Vista.
"Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called "premium content", typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost," says Gutmann on his homepage."

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