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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 157 – 9th September 2010
Next week the Identity Documents Bill, the legislation that is said to scrap ID cards, begins its last parliamentary lap with its final stages in the House of Commons on 15th September. So by the end of the month we should see most of the Identity Cards Act repealed. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 30 August 2010 (15/10): Statewatch Special: DRAFT EU-US AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
30 August, 2010 Home page: www.statewatch.org/ Statewatch European Documentation Centre (SEMDOC): www.statewatch.org/semdoc/ Sitemap: www.statewatch.org/sitemap.htm 1. Statewatch Special: DRAFT EU-US AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 2. EU: Statewatch Briefing: ID Cards in the EU: Current state of play 3. G8 SUMMIT: Muskoka, Canada, 26 June 2010: G-8 Leaders Statement on Countering Terrorism 4. EU:… Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 156 – 26th August 2010: Party Games
26 August, 2010 — NO2ID + PARTY GAMES + As we move into party conference season, it is time for NO2ID to see who in politics has really grasped our message – and to look forward. Have the Coalition’s fine words about rolling back the database state been fulfilled as action? Will the new Labour… Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 155 – 12th August 2010: HAS THE COALITION ADOPTED THE DATABASE STATE?
It may not have moved as certainly or as far as we would like on mass surveillance projects, but it has shown willing, quickly cutting back the ID scheme and cancelling ContactPoint. But this week’s pre-announcement of the idea of using credit-reference agencies to detect benefit fraud is a sign that the ideas of “Transformational… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 13 August 2010: EU: European Investigation Order (EIO): JUSTICE: Briefing on the European Investigation Order
13 August, 2010 — www.statewatch.org/ Statewatch European Documentation Centre (SEMDOC): www.statewatch.org/semdoc/ Sitemap: www.statewatch.org/sitemap.htm 1. EU: European Investigation Order (EIO) 2. UK: Torture Guidelines 3. UK: Annual report: Intelligence Services Commissioner, 2009 4. POLAND-GERMANY: Suspected Israeli spy subject to European Arrest Warrant 5. UK: RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS JUDGMENTS 6. EU: EURODAC: Annual report 2009 7. … Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 26 July 2010 (13/10)
26 July, 2010 — Statewatch Statewatch European Documentation Centre (SEMDOC): www.statewatch.org/semdoc/ Sitemap: www.statewatch.org/sitemap.htm 1. EU: FRONTEX-EU’s External Borders Agency: Management Board: Analysis and Assessment 2009 2. EU: European Commission: Overview of information management 3. EU: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA): Letter from Article 29 Working Party on data protection 4. UK: G20-IAN TOMLINSON’S DEATH 5. EU:… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 19 July 2010: Council of Europe anti-torture Committee report
Statewatch: Monitoring the state and civil liberties in Europe Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 152 – 1st July 2010
NO2ID’s goal was never *just* to stop the ID card – it was, and is, to stop the creation of the database behind it – and any equivalent national registers used to manage the population, what we named the database state. The abolition of ID cards may be a significant victory, but the war is… Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 149 – 20th May 2010: STOP THE UPLOAD NOW
+ STOP THE UPLOAD NOW + Connecting for Health (CfH) continues to push forward its plan to nationalise and centralise all medical records in England [1], despite a misleading announcement from the Department of Health that uploads to the Summary Care Record (SCR) are ‘on hold’. In just the last few days, the medical press… Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 148 – 5th May 2010: Election Special
*Contacting us:* Call or email the office – 020-7793-4005 or (office@no2id.net). + ELECTION SPECIAL + We’re sending the newsletter early this week, so that you have it in time for the election. NO2ID remains rigorously non-partisan: our battle is not with one party or another, but rather against the database state. This principle enables us… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online – 29 April 2010: UK: Home Office: Police powers and procedures 2008/9 report. Including stop and search figures
Home page: www.statewatch.org/ Statewatch European Documentation Centre (SEMDOC): www.statewatch.org/semdoc/ Sitemap: www.statewatch.org/sitemap.htm 1. EU: EUROPOL: TE-SAT 2010: EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2. UK: Home Office: Police powers and procedures 2008/9 report. Including stop and search figures 3. EU countries trading in tools of torture: Amnesty International and Omega Research Foundation 4. EDPS: E-waste and… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online – 29 April 2010: Statewatch Analysis: The right to protest: “Troublemakers” to be recorded on database and targeted
Home page: www.statewatch.org/ Statewatch European Documentation Centre (SEMDOC): www.statewatch.org/semdoc/ Sitemap: www.statewatch.org/sitemap.htm 1. UK: Metropolitan Police and the killing of Blair Peach in 1979: 2. ITALY: COE: Committee on Torture concern at detention regime for terrorism suspects 3. EU: Council of the European Union:Justice and Home Affairs Council 4. EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 23… Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 147 – 22nd April 2010: UK almost tops international Google-snoop league
Two weeks from now Parliament will have changed. Whoever forms the next government, over a quarter of MPs will be new to the job. Many may not know how much the database state matters to their constituents, or how deeply it will affect them. They need to be informed and you can help. Starting now. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online – 20 April 2010 (07/10)
Home page: www.statewatch.org/ The European Commission is about to adopt its Action Plan on the Stockholm Progamme: 1. European Commission: Action Plan on the Stockholm Programme: Statewatch Analysis: A bit more freedom and justice and a lot more security by Tony Bunyan: www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-95-stockholm-action-plan.pdf “The ‘harnessing of the digital tsunami’ as advocated by the EU Future… Continue reading
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UK: Your address, your fingerprints, your life
I value my freedom and my privacy. Do you? The ID database, or National Identity Register, will track every significant transaction you make for the rest of your life – and you will face stiff financial penalties if you don’t keep the official record on you up to date. The database state treats citizens like criminal… Continue reading
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NO2ID Newsletter 14 April, 2010: Election special – promise to protect privacy
This week, POWER2010 are focussing on privacy and government abuse of our personal information. They have set up a simple tool on their website which allows you to e-mail a customiseable letter directly to each of the parliamentary candidates in your constituency Continue reading
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NO2ID Newsletter 14 April, 2010: Election special – promise to protect privacy
This week, POWER2010 are focussing on privacy and government abuse of our personal information. They have set up a simple tool on their website which allows you to e-mail a customiseable letter directly to each of the parliamentary candidates in your constituency Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 146 – 8th April 2010: SHARPEN YOUR PENS!
Despite recruiting just a few thousand guinea-pigs so far, the Home Office still intends that *everyone* will be fingerprinted and indexed on a central database – whether or not that involves an ID card. The start date has slipped back from 2008 to 2012, but the plan is still for you to pass control of… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online – 31 March 2010 (06/10)
Home page: www.statewatch.org/ Statewatch European Documentation Centre (SEMDOC): www.statewatch.org/semdoc/ Sitemap: www.statewatch.org/sitemap.htm 1. EP: Surveillance of the sea external borders with the involvement of Frontex 2. MALTA: Grupp29: Stop the criminalisation of art Maltese authors and artists 3. EU: Council: rights to interpretation and to translation in criminal proceedings 4. EU-ISRAEL: Should the EU subsidise Israeli… Continue reading