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It's a bright, sunny morning. Finally, we have a new government. I'm excited. I've a strong sense that a Conservative-Liberal coalition could be the best possible election outcome for the UK: a strong economic coupled with a commitment to overturn the inefficiencies and centralisation of 13 years of Labour, but tempered by the humility and introspection that will be forced upon the government by the Liberal Democrat influence. This could work really well if they commit to collaborating. But what should they now do about privacy, identity and consent?

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Toby Stevens explores whether identity systems could be the cure for the world's ills.

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Toby Stevens analyses the state of play in light of the NIS Plan and the Crosby report .

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[Toby Stevens] We're delighted to announce the launch of a new blog in leading trade publication Computer Weekly . The Privacy, Identity and Consent Blog will explore public trust and confidence in personal data management, and provide a commentary on the political, technical and philosophical issues that drive the privacy agenda.

(These views are the author's own and do not necessarily represent the views of the Enterprise Privacy Group's Member organisations)

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[Toby Stevens] The Australian Government has abandoned plans for the controversial Access Card . The federal Government has shut down the Office of the Access Card and closed its website, honouring its election promise to scrap the controversial program.

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[Toby Stevens] The Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency has admitted the loss of 3m drivers' details . Whilst the data itself is claimed to not be as sensitive as that lost in the HMRC incident, it is certainly another humiliating blow for public confidence in government processing of personal information.

With the HMRC incident, the real issue was why were the unencrypted CDs allowed to exist in the first place? In this case, the question that springs to mind is what were the details of 3m British drivers doing on a hard disc in a facility in Iowa? And had any form of risk assessment been conducted at all? I guess this will provide yet more work for the O'Donnell/Thomas/Walport reviews... 

(These views are the author's own and do not necessarily represent the views of the Enterprise Privacy Group's Member organisations)

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[Toby Stevens] HM Revenue & Customs, and the public sector at large, are reeling from the revelation that 25m individuals' personal data have been misplaced. But how do we move forward from this incident? And what are the changes that government, industry and civil society should work towards?

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