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Security Blundered Brits: Could We Learn From the US?

White Paper The theft of CDs containing the personal information of 25M UK citizens has rightly caused an out-pouring of "Shame on you" on HMRC and prompted questions like "How could one let this happen? The real question that UK... [12 Feb 2009]

"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"

News However, the Conservative party said the civil liberties of ordinary UK citizens were being gradually eroded by the increasing collection and collation of data by the government. We must not allow ourselves to become a... [10 Feb 2009]

Citizens use YouTube to keep gov't in check

News Sous-veillance" will see video sharing sites such as YouTube used by citizens to shine a spotlight on things such as deadly hygiene lapses in hospital wards and uncollected rubbish, according to the European Information... [31 Jul 2008]

FS industry banking on self-service kiosks

News US banking group First Citizens Bank has implemented self-service "intelligent" kiosks from vendor NCR in two of its branches and plans to deploy them across 40 before the end of next year. Doug Sprecher, senior VP of... [16 Jul 2007]

Leader: The big issues of 2006

Leader Massive projects such as NHS IT or implementing ID cards will not only affect nearly all of us as patients or citizens but the reputation of tech. And finally, so much of what this publication's readers will be able to... [21 Dec 2006]

Opinion: Corporate IT - you can help fight cyber crime

Comment A fortnight after the story appeared, a reporter for ABC News in Australia bought personal data on Australian citizens from an Indian call centre employee. Economic and cyber crime have come of age in a digital... [03 Oct 2005]

Pay-as-you-go grids for all: Europe says you're worth it

News A key vehicle for building on this are public-private partnerships which can help accelerate deployment of ICT-based services - including grid services in ways that bring practical benefits to European... [01 Jun 2005]

Mobile operators maturing into better corporate citizens

Comment Corporate social responsibility, or CSR, reports are a company's explanation of how they're being good corporate citizens. That's a good thing: firms that make a positive contribution to society at large... [09 Aug 2004]

IT pros: Your country needs you

News IT 4 Communities is being promoted by a range of organisations including Business in the Community, the British Computer Society, Citizens Online, Computer Weekly, Intellect and the Worshipful Company of... [11 Nov 2002]

Finland's argument for a smartcard future

Comment In December 1999 Finland became the first country to offer its citizens a digital ID card for secure transactions, both online and in the real world. With the ID card scheme citizens can take care of... [30 Aug 2000]

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