Category Archives: Privacy

Landmark DNA ruling heading towards U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

There has been an interesting ruling in the Maryland Court of Appeals recently, where the court reversed the conviction of a Salisburyman sentenced to life in prison for a 2003 rape case just because, it was alleged, the DNA sample … Continue reading →

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Police world wide in pursuit of our DNA

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

My Google DNA news alert has been bombarding me over the past month about Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed expansion of New York’s DNA data base. His law proposal is supposed to be a ‘no brainer’ and make us all feel … Continue reading →

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Coalition Government DNA Database U-turn spotted

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

It seems the UK’s coalition government is about to perform a spectacular U-turn with regards to its Protection of Freedoms Bill and their position with regards to DNA retention of innocents. The new government has always promised it would be adopting … Continue reading →

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Identity Laws, Principles, Directives and Commandments: Which to Follow?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Last month saw the publication of yet another definitive set of rules, laws or whatever you like to call them for this elusive identity meta system or identity eco system we all like to dream about; a lot of us … Continue reading →

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FaceBook, Google, Yahoo: Don’t shoot, we’re the good guys!

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Last week I was fortunate to attend Kuppinger Cole’s European Identity Conference  in Munich and follow a track session where representatives of Google, Microsoft and FaceBook were lined up in a panel in order to get a good grilling by … Continue reading →

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Why bad Identity drives out good identity

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

I am more and more concerned about the relentless expansion of what Kim Cameron ‘tongue in cheek’ dubbed the NASCAR approach to Relying Party Single Sign-On on the Web. And its not the inherent ‘phishability’ of the method that Kim … Continue reading →

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The UK’s double standards around data protection and Human (Privacy) Rights

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Yesterday I attended a cabinet office briefing on eID Identity Assurance, part of the G-Digital project.  Anything with the word identity is a political hot potato in the UK after the new Tory-LibDem coalition government literally ‘crushed’ Labour’s National eID card … Continue reading →

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