NO2ID Edinburgh

Previous meetings

Meetings

  1. 15 June 2010
  2. 23 February 2010
  3. 26 October 2009
  4. 30 June 2009
  5. 1 May 2009
  6. 24 February 2009
  7. 20 January 2009
  8. 26 November 2008
  9. 8 October 2008
  10. 27 May 2008
  11. 30 April 2008
  12. 5 March 2008
  13. 30 January 2008
  14. 27 November 2007
  15. 20 September 2007
  16. 25 June 2007
  17. 30 May 2007
  18. 8 March 2007
  19. 4 December 2006
  20. 25 October 2006
  21. 28 June 2006
  22. 12 April 2006
  23. 26 January 2006

27 May 2008 – Where do we go next with the Scottish ID Card? and AGM

The group's coordinator, John Welford, described the briefing meeting for MSPs held at the Scottish Parliament on 17 April.

There had been three speakers:

John Welford had emphasized that the entitlement card had all the essential characteristics of an ID card. He showed a comparison table of the former local authority bus pass, the new Entitlement Card and the proposed UK ID Card.

Contrary to the assumption of the Improvement Service, it was a disadvantage rather than an advantage to have travel, library and other access facilities all dependent on a single card.

John Welford's comparison of Entitlement Cards and ID cards

Local authorities

Jim Kinney had explained that the Improvement Service was a partnership between the Scottish Executive, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE).

It wanted to coordinate and improve the IT systems of the 32 local authorities in Scotland.

He had described in some detail this particular project, 'Customer First', which was intended to help ensure that citizens obtained the services to which they were entitled.

He had shown a different comparison table of the three cards, which was disputed by Mr Welford.

Privacy

Phil Booth had emphasized data security, protection and privacy. They were all needed but were not the same as each other.

He had presented a diagram from the Improvement Service which showed links to the individual's data records from the DVLA, HMRC, NHS and other organizations not hitherto publicized.

He had drawn attention to the Young Scot card which should not have the date of birth printed on the card.

Data sharing

If there were no published Terms and Conditions for the Entitlement Card, how could the citizen sensibly agree to data sharing? How could the citizen opt out?

John Welford added that even if the citizen had chosen to opt out of data sharing, how could he be sure that his data were not shared? The current situation had created a dilemma for the anti-ID card Scottish Parliament.

AGM

John Welford, David Muxworthy and John Wood were re-elected as Edinburgh group coordinator, secretary and treasurer respectively.