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Memo to Gordon Brown...from Barack Obama
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| In the light of Gordon's recent wobbly over our Freedom of Information Act,
| lets hope he reads carefully the following memo from his new mate Obama:
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| A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires
| transparency. As Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, "sunlight is said to be
| the best of disinfectants." In our democracy, the Freedom of Information
| Act (FOIA), which encourages accountability through transparency, is the
| most prominent expression of a profound national commitment to ensuring
| an open Government. At the heart of that commitment is the idea that
| accountability is in the interest of the Government and the citizenry
| alike.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/01/memo-to-gordon-brownfrom-barack-obama.html
The UK Government is at it Again
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| You would have thought the smack across the knuckles delivered by the public
| over their attempt to hide MP's expenses from scrutiny would be enough for
| the UK government's ministers, but oh no, they're up to their old tricks:
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| Hidden in the new Coroners and Justice Bill [2] is one clause (cl.152)
| amending the Data Protection Act. It would allow ministers to
| make 'Information Sharing Orders', that can alter any Act of Parliament and
| cancel all rules of confidentiality in order to use information obtained for
| one purpose to be used for another.
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| This single clause is as grave a threat to privacy as the entire ID Scheme.
| Combine it with the index to your life formed by the planned National
| Identity Register [3] and everything recorded about you anywhere could be
| accessible to any official body.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=1778
Recent:
Bad Phorm: UK Police give green light to Internet spying
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| The email is quoted by El Reg and states that "it has been decided that no
| Criminal Offence has been committed" and there was a "lack of Criminal Intent
| on behalf of BT and Phorm Inc in relation to the tests."
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| The best bit, though, is the revelation that BT customers would have given
| implied consent to being spied upon without their knowledge because the aim
| of the tests was to enhance product quality.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20759/1054/
British Government Violates Copyright
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| As much as I utterly despise the entire premise of Intellectual Monopoly,
| this is about violating the principles of a Free License, and if it's good
| enough for the British government to violate our civil rights in the name of
| Intellectual Monopoly, then it's good enough for the Free World to protect
| its "property" (in fact Freedom) too…
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http://slated.org/british_government_violates_copyright
A suspect package
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| The ‘telecoms package’ is a potentially dangerous piece of legislation that
| will lead to many users losing internet access.
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| The ‘telecoms package’ is winging its way through the European Parliament
| under the watchful eye of French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
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http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/opinion/comment/a-suspect-package
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