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The new politics of personal information
The new politics of personal information
at 11:43am on Thursday, 22nd November 2007
We've been telling anyone that will listen for a long time that personal information is really important. In the past couple of days it seems like we, and people like the Information Commissioner who have long championed this cause, have been proved right.
Monday's story details some terrible mistakes with some potentially challenging consequences, but we can't stop with the bad news story. This also has to be the opportunity to open the serious debate we need about how and why personal information has become so valuable.
That's a debate we're calling for in the pamphlet we're about to launch called FYI: The new politics of personal information. It's featured today on the front page of the Guardian, and in a little more depth on page 8.
For the launch we're delighted to welcome:
Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner
Bill Thompson, BBC technology critic
Natalie Haynes, Comedian and Times columnist.
The report is the result of nine months research, supported by O2. If you would like to come along to the launch send an email to demos_fyi@demos.co.uk.
Monday's story details some terrible mistakes with some potentially challenging consequences, but we can't stop with the bad news story. This also has to be the opportunity to open the serious debate we need about how and why personal information has become so valuable.
That's a debate we're calling for in the pamphlet we're about to launch called FYI: The new politics of personal information. It's featured today on the front page of the Guardian, and in a little more depth on page 8.
For the launch we're delighted to welcome:
Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner
Bill Thompson, BBC technology critic
Natalie Haynes, Comedian and Times columnist.
The report is the result of nine months research, supported by O2. If you would like to come along to the launch send an email to demos_fyi@demos.co.uk.
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