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Year 2009
Where is EU Data Protection policy headed?
In Jose Manuel Barroso’s recent reshuffle of the European Commission, there were a couple of moves which bear some further inspection, from a privacy/identity perspective. The former Commissioner for Information Society, Viviane Reding, is promoted to one of the Vice…
UK DNA policy (still) fails proportionality test
It is now a year since the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) ruling on UK vs. S and Marper. The court’s ruling in that case was clear: the UK government’s policy of systematic and indiscriminate retention of DNA samples,…
Notes from Malmo 2009 e-Gov conference
Back in late November I Twittered from the Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Malmø (#egov2009), expressing the hope that the press release would contain a bit more substance than the keynote announcement of the Ministerial Declaration. I am delighted to say…
Neustar Joins Kantara Initiative’s Board of Trustees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Neustar Joins Kantara Initiative’s Board of Trustees PISCATAWAY, NJ, December 3, 2009 – The Kantara Initiative announced today that Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) has joined its Board of Trustees, and will play an integral role in shaping…
Kooky Policy (sorry, I meant cookie..)
In my previous post on cookies and privacy in the new EU Directive, I mentioned, in passing, the question of user consent. I think it’s time to return to that for a closer look. First, a couple of references to…
Seminar – Kanatara Identity Assurance Framework in the Healthcare Arena
Reusable, trustworthy electronic identities are “a must” for emerging Health Information Exchanges and the Nationwide Health Information Network. This seminar focuses on the role the Kantara Identity Assurance Framework (IAF) will play in making this a reality. The co-Chairs of…
Kaspersky on Internet Anonymity
Noted anti-virus vendor Eugene Kaspersky has weighed extravagantly into the larger security problem, arguing that “anonymity causes security headaches and should be outlawed <>” (). So he wants an Internet Passport. This is surely madness. The social repercussions are obvious,…
EU to legislate on cookies
UK readers will probably remember one of those legal wrangles which make for such easy satire – the protracted argument over whether a Jaffa Cake is a cake or a biscuit (for VAT purposes, of course…) It looks as though…
Kantara will align methods to securely login
Please Note: This article was originally written in Dutch and appears on the site Automatisering Gids (English: “Automation Guides”). The article has been translated by Google Translate here: The direct link to the original article is here: October…