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EU Commission publishes policing database survey |
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20 July 2010 |
 The European Commission July 20 published a review of European Union law enforcement systems and databases, as a first step in evaluating them to establish if they continue to fulfil a useful function and provide value to policing authorities, writes Stephen Gardner.
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UK must strengthen data protection, EU Commission says |
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24 June 2010 |
 The European Commission June 24 sent a warning to the United Kingdom, threatening a case at the European Court of Justice if the UK does not strengthen the powers of its data protection authority so that they comply with the European Union's Data Protection Directive, writes Stephen Gardner.
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UK scraps electronic identity cards |
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26 May 2010 |
The British government, which came into office May 11, has said it will scrap a scheme to introduce electronic identity cards in the United Kingdom, writes Stephen Gardner. The national identity register on which the identity cards were to be based is also to be scrapped.
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Moving swiftly on |
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13 April 2010 |
The European Parliament in February caused a "serious setback" to security cooperation between the European Union and the United States, writes Stephen Gardner. It vetoed an agreement between Brussels and Washington that would have allowed EU financial data to be transferred across the Atlantic.
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Keeping an eye on you |
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20 March 2010 |
More taxpayer-funded handouts for big business in the guise of EU project spending, writes Stephen Gardner. Defence giant BAE Systems is sharing in £33 million of funding for research projects. BAE undoubtedly needs the money, having seen its 2008 profit of £1.8 billion plunge last year, partly because it had to pay enormous fines to settle corruption cases.
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Data storage breaches privacy, Germany’s top court says |
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05 March 2010 |
Germany’s highest court, the Bundesverfassungsgericht or Federal Constitutional Court, has suspended a law that requires Internet and telephone operators to store for up to six months data on their customers’ telephone, email and Internet communications, writes Stephen Gardner.
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UK government reduces ambition of electronic ID scheme |
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02 July 2009 |
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The British government at the end of June put in question the continued development of an electronic identity card scheme in the United Kingdom, by saying it would never be made mandatory, and by scrapping plans to require pilots and airport workers to hold eID cards, writes Stephen Gardner.
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UK eID scheme will be scrapped, Tories warn |
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18 June 2009 |
The British Conservative party, the main opposition to the governing Labour Party, has written to the main IT vendors involved in developing the UK electronic identity card telling them that the eID scheme will be scrapped, should the Conservatives form the next British government, writes Stephen Gardner.
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