Councils may be required to provide edited electoral rolls to firms seeking them, but it may not be a money-making proposition for the councils. In fact, it may wind up costing the councils money, as this report by Steven Smith in The Daily Echo shows.
Month: September 2013
Va. starting to develop a master identity database
Peter Bacqué reports: Using Department of Motor Vehicles records as its core, the state government is quietly developing a master identity database of Virginia residents for use by state agencies. The state enterprise record – the master electronic ID database – would help agencies ferret out fraud and help residents do business electronically with the state more…
NSA Internet Spying Sparks Race to Create Offshore Havens for Data Privacy
Elizabeth Dwoskin and Frances Robinson report: Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and other American technology companies were put on the defensive when Edward Snowden’s allegations about U.S.-government surveillance of Internet traffic emerged this spring. Outside the U.S., some companies and politicians saw an opportunity. Three of Germany’s largest email providers, including partly state-owned Deutsche Telekom AG, teamed up to offer a new service, Email…
Oklahoma lawmaker partners with ACLU to plan legislation about drone usage
Graham Lee Brewer reports: An Oklahoma lawmaker said the state needs legislation regulating the use of drones in order to protect the privacy rights of individuals. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma is teaming up with Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore, a tea party conservative, to support the legislation. […] Both Wesselhoft and the ACLU…