On 21st July Toby Stevens and the cyclists from Team Star Inn will set off on a 400-mile cycle ride to Paris in aid of Action Medical Research . For nearly 60 years Action Medical Research has been involved with numerous breakthroughs such as ultrasound in pregnancy, the polio vaccine and the hip replacement operation.

They fund many research projects each year which will lead to a healthier future for everyone. They are currently campaigning for the UK Government to put more money into research in to premature birth. Action Medical Research have funded over £4 million of research in this area but more research is required to understand why this remains the biggest killer of under ones.

The team are paying all their own costs, so every penny raised goes directly to the charity. Any donation you can make would be hugely appreciated, and will enter you into the Miles of Misfortune contest for a range of alcoholic prizes.

You can sponsor Toby here . Follow the team's progress at the Star Inn website or via Twitter at #l2p09r4 or @tobystevens .

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The continuing openess of the internet is fundamental to our way of life, promoting the free flow of ideas to strengthen democratic ideals and deliver the economic benefits of globalisation.  But a fundamental challenge for any government is to balance measures intended to protect security and the right to life with the impact these may have on the other rights that we cherish and which form the basis of our society.
 
The security of cyber space poses particular challenges in meeting tests of necessity and proportionality as its distributed, de-centralised form means that powerful tools may need to be deployed to tackle those who wish to do harm.  A clear ethical foundation is essential to ensure that the power of these tools is not abused.
 
In this first workshop we will explore what questions need to be asked and answered to develop this foundation?

The workshop, which is open to EPG paying Members only, will be held at the Cabinet Office, 22 Whitehall, at 1:30pm Wednesday 17th June.

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We are pleased to provide copies of the speaker presentations from this year's Identity and Privacy conference. Thank you to all the speakers attendees who made the event such a success, we look forward to seeing you at next year's event.

	Title	Date	Size
	Dr Louise Bennett, BCS	15/05/2009	0.96MB
	Dr Ian Brown, OII	15/05/2009	Link
	Pete Bramhall, HP	15/05/2009	0.06MB
	Marc Dautlich, Olswang	15/05/2009	Link
	Dr Hazel Lacohee, BT	15/05/2009	0.16MB
	Elisa Pieri, University of Manchester	15/05/2009	Link
	Steve Plank, Microsoft	15/05/2009	1.70MB
	Des Powley, Oracle	15/05/2009	Link
	Dr Edgar Whitley, LSE	15/05/2009	0.96MB

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In February 2009 the Enterprise Privacy Group facilitated a number of meetings on behalf of the Identity and Passport Service to examine stakeholder views on the National Identity Scheme (NIS). The meetings were held in Belfast and Edinburgh, and covered both broad views of the NIS and issues specific to the devolved administrations. We are pleased to provide the reports on these meetings, which summarise the key points raised by the attendees.

	Title	Date	Size
	Belfast Meeting Report	17/04/2009	0.13MB
	Edinburgh Meetings Report	22/04/2009	0.12MB

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