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News In a policy paper published on Wednesday, the Tories call for stricter access rights to information stored on government databases and for fewer databases altogether. The Conservatives have said they will cut back on... [17 Sep 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News However, it is the Tories' proposal that patient medical records could be manually or automatically copied onto online health portals, such as private sector offerings including Microsoft HealthVault or Google Health, to... [10 Aug 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment Despite a recent spate of criticisms, from Tories pledging to cancel the scheme if they win the next election to concern over the failure to provide readers for the microchip on ID cards issued to foreign nationals,... [10 Jul 2009]
NHS records, Google and Microsoft: Where do you want your data?
Comment But, asks Nick Heath, are the Tories right to bail on the NPfIT? Seven years into the project and the Conservatives want to put it under the knife. The Conservatives have come up with a new vision of how to fix the... [07 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News The Tories and Liberal Democrats are both opposed to ID cards. The government has announced it will drop plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers. Pilots and other airside workers will not be forced to apply... [01 Jul 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News The Digital Britain report has drawn criticism from politicians and technology experts over its proposals for dealing with fibre rollouts and illegal file-sharing. The report, published on Tuesday, outlines the government's plans for the... [18 Jun 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News Damian Green, the shadow immigration minister, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the Tories want to remind the five companies that have been selected to bid for contracts to provide ID cards that... [18 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Question marks around the project include security concerns over enrolment and the lack of available card readers, as well as doubts over its future after the Tories pledged to scrap the scheme. Following a week of... [10 Jun 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News Both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have attacked the UK government over the retention of travel data. The government plans to retain all travel data for everyone entering and leaving the country in a centralised database... [10 Feb 2009]
Tories slam gov't for lack of open source love
News The Conservative party has criticised the UK government over its lack of implementation of open source technology. Government departments have failed to capitalise on the software as a resource, even though reports from its agencies have... [28 Jan 2009]
Row over high street biometrics
News I can't answer whether the Tories would cancel the ID scheme," she said. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has insisted biometrics taken from people in high-street businesses will be secure. While anti-ID campaigners have said... [10 Nov 2008]
Tories pledge to stop surveillance powers abuse
News An incoming Conservative government would curb the abuse of powers granted under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, according to a Tory peer. Shadow security minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones told silicon.com sister site... [30 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.08.08
Round-Up Predictably, the Tories have decried the video and, never passing up an opportunity to take a well-aimed kick at Gordon Brown's dangly bits, have called the video a terrible waste of taxpayers' money. [22 Aug 2008]
UK 'failing on cyber crime'
News The Tories have launched a stinging attack on the government's failure to pay £1.3m to fund a national e-crime policing unit. Shadow home secretary David Davis said a crime is committed online in the UK "every ten... [03 Apr 2008]
Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime
News The Conservatives have criticised the government's response to the growing threat from cyber crime and unveiled plans for a national e-crime unit and a dedicated e-crime minister if they win the next election. [06 Mar 2008]
