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

26 October 2009 – ID management and privacy in Scotland

We mostly discussed the Scottish Government's consultation paper on identity management and privacy.

The main part of the meeting was devoted to discussion of the Scottish Government's consultation paper "Privacy and Public Confidence in Scottish Public Services: Draft Identity Management and Privacy Principles". A printable version was also available.

Draft Identity Management and Privacy Principles consultation

Printable version of the consultation paper

Public comments had been invited, for which the deadline was 23rd November 2009. NO2ID members were encouraged to submit comments individually, to complement the submission from NO2ID Scotland.

Commendable

Overall, the document seemed a very commendable first draft and it was good that the Scottish government was taking this initiative. It was emphasized several times that it was important explicitly to approve of significant paragraphs so as to counteract possible negative comments from others.

There was a detailed discussion of the document, section by section.

Manchester

There was also a short report on NO2ID's Day of Action in Manchester on 17 October, when four members of the Edinburgh group had participated and had set up their street stall outside Piccadilly station.

Report on Manchester Day of Action

Details of the Day of Action from the NO2ID forum

Next meeting

Invitations to Edinburgh's four Labour MPs to speak at a meeting had been unsuccessful. Efforts were now being made to invite any member of the Labour Party who was willing to come to defend ID cards.