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Rchivist · 11-07-2008, 07:16

ICO has produced a report on whether town halls should sell edited versions of the voting register, to commercial firms. Some interesting quotes there.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7500826.stm

Quotes from article - I can see no link direct to the report and there is no mention of it yet on the ICO site

The government-commissioned report said allowing voters' details to be sold to commercial firms sent a "poor message".

It also said people should have a right to know who firms shared their details with and firms which deliberately broke privacy rules should face large fines.

The government said it agreed measures needed to be taken to increase trust.

across the public and private sectors data sharing was "shrouded in confusion" and the public had little insight into how their personal information was used.

It also recommended that the information commissioner be given powers to impose fines against private or public sector bodies which deliberately or recklessly broke privacy rules.

It suggested that internet sites which collected people's details from electoral rolls, company registers, telephone directories and website were a "worrying threat to privacy".

Dr Mark Wellport quote - part of report
"Many individuals are posting more and more personal information on the web and of course web technology means that it can be aggregated in a very powerful way."

I really musn't pinch any more of the BBC's copyrighttext but there are some interesting things there including government seemingly beginning to wake up to some of the implications of the internet.

And it is a busy day on El Reg for privacy too:

An article on the "Barnardisation" of anonymised data - Scottish ICO/Lords case on anonymised data - Lords say it is still personal data http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07...n_data_ruling/

Ofcom plan to make complaining easier http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/ofcom_adrs/

More on NebuAd - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07...out_revisited/
will they really opt people out, or will they sort of still be opted in? sounds very familiar to those of us listening to BT dithering over the issue.

11-07-2008, 07:16	#11563
Rchivist Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 831	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] ICO has produced a report on whether town halls should sell edited versions of the voting register, to commercial firms. Some interesting quotes there. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7500826.stm Quotes from article - I can see no link direct to the report and there is no mention of it yet on the ICO site The government-commissioned report said allowing voters' details to be sold to commercial firms sent a "poor message". It also said people should have a right to know who firms shared their details with and firms which deliberately broke privacy rules should face large fines. The government said it agreed measures needed to be taken to increase trust. across the public and private sectors data sharing was "shrouded in confusion" and the public had little insight into how their personal information was used. It also recommended that the information commissioner be given powers to impose fines against private or public sector bodies which deliberately or recklessly broke privacy rules. It suggested that internet sites which collected people's details from electoral rolls, company registers, telephone directories and website were a "worrying threat to privacy". Dr Mark Wellport quote - part of report "Many individuals are posting more and more personal information on the web and of course web technology means that it can be aggregated in a very powerful way." I really musn't pinch any more of the BBC's copyrighttext but there are some interesting things there including government seemingly beginning to wake up to some of the implications of the internet. And it is a busy day on El Reg for privacy too: An article on the "Barnardisation" of anonymised data - Scottish ICO/Lords case on anonymised data - Lords say it is still personal data http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07...n_data_ruling/ Ofcom plan to make complaining easier http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/ofcom_adrs/ More on NebuAd - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07...out_revisited/ will they really opt people out, or will they sort of still be opted in? sounds very familiar to those of us listening to BT dithering over the issue.