The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has today published its Second report and welcomes the Identity Documents Bill. The Committee says the Bill will significantly enhance human rights by addressing concerns that ID cards and the National Identity Register would interfere with the rights to privacy and non-discrimination. Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Identity Documents Bill…
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FJ: Talks begin on National ID card
Elenoa Osborne reports news from Fiji: Consultation on the proposed national identification card began this morning – with senior officials of various government departments and ministries. […] The ID card is expected to strengthen the work of law enforcement, immigration, customs, bio security, border police, airline – airport and port security. The Ministry says the…
HK: Consultation Report on Review of Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance published
The Government published today (October 18) the Report on Public Consultation on Review of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO) and launched further public discussions on the legislative proposals to strengthen personal data privacy protection under the PDPO. The PDPO, enacted in 1995, requires updating in order to afford adequate protection to personal data privacy…
Indian operators told to store all text messages for a period of 6 months
Stefan writes: India’s Home Ministry has told the country’s operators that they need to start storing each and every text message that goes through their network for a period of 6 months. For a country that regularly sends between 130 and 150 billion texts a month, this new government requirement is going to require a huge…