Blog move

Hi Folks,

I’ve no longer got the time to keep up with the many and varied data breach and related stories so i’m not going to attempt to do so – there are plenty other sites doing a great job on this see Open Rights Group for one.

Meantime, i’ll be blogging on VRM and related issues at Right Side Up.

Cheers

Iain

£80 for a UK identity

according to this BBC article.

This is just culturally wrong….

The DVLA should not be doing this.

Government to spy on every call and email

Is there a worse way to spend £12bn than this?

89% of Security Breaches Unreported

According to this article by Matt Flynn.

10 out of 10 for Optimistic Branding….

Check out this van…

In case you can’t make it out, it says…Government Mail, Trusted to Deliver.

I can think of 25 million folks who might disagree…

PA Consulting….shame on you!!!

Another 80,000 records gone.

When will we have default opt-in for marketing purposes?

We seem to be getting a bit closer thanks to these findings from Germany…

The need for default opt in is described in more detail in the ‘reinvent direct marketing’ paper available here.

A nice simplification of the ‘laws of identity’

- People using computers should be in control of giving out information about themselves, just as they are in the physical world.

- The minimum information needed for the purpose at hand should be released, and only to those who need it.

- Details should be retained no longer than necesary.

- It should NOT be possible to automatically link up everything we do in all aspects of how we use the Internet. A single identifier that stitches everything up would have many unintended consequences.

- We need choice in terms of who provides our identity information in different contexts.

- The system must be built so we can understand how it works, make rational decisions and protect ourselves.

- Devices through which we employ identity should offer people the same kinds of identity controls – just as car makers offer similar controls so we can all drive safely.

3,254 data elements stored per week on each UK citizen…

Here’s a nice article in The Telegraph.