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Author Archives: Iain
Angels Don’t Need Driving Licences….
My Mum would have been 70 today; but died in 1990; we’ll raise a glass on her behalf tonight. I did not need to be reminded of that, but got one anyway – from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency … Continue reading
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O2 – Get Your Act Together..
Here’s my experience of the last few days: – Thursday morning, took my broken iPhone into the retail store in Falkirk to get a new one, and renew my contract which had expired. Told that ‘our systems are down’, can … Continue reading
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The Space Shuttle
Here’s a great pic from the last launch. I’ve always felt the space shuttle was a truly wonderful machine, and see-ing one of the launches a few years ago is one of my favourite memories. I’ll look forward to see-ing … Continue reading
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US consumers to get online bill of privacy rights
Obama administration pushes for bill to establish basic levels of privacy amid concern about data being gathered on consumers by likes of Facebook and Google Continue reading
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Tagged Article, Business, Dominic Rushe, Financial, Internet, Main section, News, Privacy, Technology, Technology sector, The Guardian, World news
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EU to force social network sites to enhance privacy
‘Right to be forgotten’ would ensure users of Facebook and other sites could completely erase personal data Continue reading
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Tagged Article, Europe, European Union, Facebook, International, Internet, Law, Leigh Phillips, Main section, News, Social networking, Technology, The Guardian, World news
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Scottish Privacy Principles
It says here that the new Scottish Privacy principles could become the benchmark the rest of The United Kingdom would aspire to. That would be nice I guess given the number of kickings the country has had in the last … Continue reading
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(shocking) School surveillance: how big brother spies on pupils
Cameras in the toilets; CCTV in the classroom; pupils’ fingerprints kept in a database . . . Can’t happen here? Think again, because the surveillance state is quietly invading our schools Continue reading →