Privacy Tsar: Gov't Comms Database 'a Step Too Far'
News The UK's privacy tsar has made a plea to the government not to rush through a centralised database of all UK communications. Thomas said privacy was already being quietly eroded, citing the examples of the expansion of the DNA database, and the...
[July 16, 2008, 10:54]
Privacy Tsar: Data Protection Should Be 'way Of Life'
News Breaking the government's 'culture of secrecy' while protecting the privacy of UK citizens is one of the key challenges facing the new Information Commissioner as he settles into his role. Richard Thomas, 53, formerly the director of public policy...
[January 8, 2003, 9:52]
Five Steps To A Safer E-Britain
Leader However, Mark Pritchard's suggestion that we need a cybersecurity tsar to lead the fight against Internet criminals is unlikely to be embraced by the government. Tsar? Information Commissioner to a breach of the UK's privacy and electronic...
[December 1, 2005, 10:55]
Information Commissioner Leaves Post Empty
News Information commissioner Elizabeth France, a champion of privacy rights in the UK and beyond, has stepped down from her post two months early to take up her new role as the UK's first telecoms ombudsman.
[October 8, 2002, 16:21]
New Information Commissioner Named
News Get the latest on spy networks such as Echelon and Carnivore, as well as privacy issues for companies and individuals alike, at ZDNet UK's Privacy News Section. A top lawyer from City law firm Clifford Chance has been named to take over as...
[July 26, 2002, 9:58]
So Many Reasons
Talkback There are so many reasons why this is a bad idea, but I guess the killer punch is that it will not do what they obviously want it to do. This isn't "It physically won't work", which in point of fact it probably won't, in common with so many other...
[July 18, 2008, 9:59]
Microsoft Appoints New UK Public Service Chief
News Jerry Fishenden started this month as National Technology Officer (NTO) in the UK - a strategic, Microsoft-wide position that has now been implemented in 15 countries to focus on security, privacy, interoperability and standards, technical/high...
[January 21, 2005, 15:40]
