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Funding snub for historic Bletchley Park
News In a debate today in the House of Lords, the chamber was told funding is needed to help keep the site financially viable while restoration work to the home of the World... [19 May 2009]
'Police drowning in CCTV data': Acpo
News In February a House of Lords committee called for an end to "pervasive" surveillance in the UK. The police cannot deal with the amount of information generated by CCTV... [18 May 2009]
EC: Software makers must be held responsible for code
News Linux kernel developer Alan Cox in 2007 told a House of Lords Committee that neither proprietary nor open-source developers should be held accountable for their code. It is like renting... [11 May 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News The bill had a rocky passage through the House of Commons and faced fierce opposition in the House of Lords. The House... [15 Apr 2009]
Semantic Web 'will come with privacy built in'
News ZDNet UK spoke to Berners-Lee at an event at the House of Lords designed to draw attention to the use of deep packet inspection by internet service providers and third... [16 Mar 2009]
Berners-Lee slams DPI: "We must not snoop on the internet"
News Speaking at a House of Lords event on the 20th anniversary of the invention of the world wide web, Berners-Lee said DPI was the electronic equivalent... [12 Mar 2009]
Beware - Big Brother is watching you get drunk
Comment Finally this week, the Lords' claim that the UK is Big Brother capital of the world prompted some strong responses. UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords New... [10 Feb 2009]
UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords
News The UK is now watched by more about four million CCTV cameras and details of seven per cent of the population is held in the National DNA Database (NDNAD) - more than any other country, according to... [06 Feb 2009]
Westminster can't understand Microsoft Word
News The problem was raised in the House of Lords information committee annual report, published yesterday, and committee member Lord Methuen said: "A program can be downloaded to read the... [26 Nov 2008]
Lords: 'Do we really need £12bn super comms database?'
News Speaking in the House of Lords today, she asked: "Is this going to be the most effective way to fight terrorism given the estimated cost is up to £12bn? The Lords have... [17 Nov 2008]
'Lack of trust' stops top cops' data swaps
News European Union member states aren't trusting each other when it comes to sharing data - leaving police forces in the dark about international crime, the House of Lords European Union... [12 Nov 2008]
Lords to debate security progress of "wild west" web
News The House of Lords will debate personal internet security on Friday, with the aim of assessing the progress the government has made on protecting the public. The debate... [06 Oct 2008]
Photos: McKinnon "distraught" says family
Photo Mrs McKinnon said the family has already suffered a "six-and-a-half year sentence" battling his extradition in the courts all the way to the House of Lords, which rejected his appeal in... [03 Sep 2008]
Will Nasa hacker be granted European court appeal?
News Last month McKinnon lost his battle in the House of Lords against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking various military systems. After the... [12 Aug 2008]
Gov't battles EU to use passenger data
News It made the warning in its response to the House of Lords EU committee report on the Passenger Name Record Framework Decision. The House of... [08 Aug 2008]
