Category Archives: communications data

What does a Citizen’s View of Government look like?

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Phil

Rather than a “single Government Department” that does whatever it wishes, the alternative is to operate a citizen’s view of Government: a view which doesn’t assume the citizen has to learn how all of Government works – but for which, … Continue reading →

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Three words

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Phil

Three words in one telling phrase in a statement by Home Office security minister John Hayes yesterday, speaking on BBC Radio 4’s The World at One in response to the High Court ruling that data retention and surveillance powers in … Continue reading →

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Some memories of Caspar

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Phil

“Bullshit!” came the shout behind me. Caspar wasn’t about to let the former Home Secretary who had reintroduced ID cards to the UK for the first time since WWII get away with claiming a ‘Damascene conversion’ on personal privacy, even … Continue reading →

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The Four Horsemen of our rights Apocalypse

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Phil

Sam and I have been having a conversation, and this article (posted originally on disruptiveproactivity.com) was one of the results: The worst excesses of care.data’s mandate to collect and exploit your medical records are coming back, and the scheme’s descendants … Continue reading →

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The other Comms Data report

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Phil

Quick note if you’ve come here from Twitter: I joined Twitter a couple of months ago and am still learning the ropes. @frabcus pointed out that my timeline is hard to read, so I’ve now Storified my relevant Tweets from … Continue reading →

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