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  1. UK Licensing Site Requires MSIE Emulation, But Won't Work With MSIE

    Yro · Uk · · posted by timothy · from the strange-circlings-back dept. · 158 comments
    Anne Thwacks writes The British Government web site for applying for for a licence to be a security guard requires a plugin providing Internet Explorer emulation on Firefox to login and apply for a licence. It won't work with Firefox without the add-on, but it also wont work with Internet Explorer! (I tried Win XP and Win7 Professional). The error message says "You have more than one browser window open on the same internet connection," (I didn't) and "to avoid this problem, close your browser and reopen it." I did. No change.

    I tried three different computers, with three different OSes. Still no change. I contacted their tech support and they said "Yes ... a lot of users complain about this. We have known about it since September, and are working on a fix! Meanwhile, we have instructions on how to use the "Fire IE" plugin to get round the problem." Eventually, I got this to work on Win7pro. (The plugin will not work on Linux). The instructions require a very old version of the plugin, and a bit of trial and error is needed to get it to work with the current one. How can a government department concerned with security not get this sort of thing right?"

  2. UK Government Surveillance - Book It Online (!)

    Yro · Privacy · · posted by timothy · from the at-least-they-have-to-ask dept. · 24 comments
    Chris writes "The UK Government Home Office has published new forms on line for government bodies to use, when embarking on directed or covert surveillance and investigation of UK citizens. A small piece of eGovernment in motion, but appearing in stark prominence at this moment in time. PublicTechnology reports on the details of these forms, especially in light of the topical Hutton inquiry which is dragging even Prime Minister Tony Blair into the quest to 'urgently conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr Kelly'.."

  3. UK Home Office Admits Public Don't Want ID Cards

    Yro · Privacy · · posted by michael · from the you'll-get-one-anyway dept. · 33 comments
    The Rev writes "Well after the previous articles on this subject the BBC is carrying a story about how the UK Home Office has finally admited that the overwhelming public response to its public consultation was against the idea of a National ID Card System."

  4. 2003 Big Brother Awards

    Yro · Privacy · · posted by timothy · from the good-year-for-the-war-buffs dept. · 189 comments
    MacRonin writes "Privacy International today announced the winners of the 2003 Big Brother Awards. One of the judges, estimable Dr Ian Brown of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), writes: "It was alternatively amusing and depressing to be one of the judges for these awards. RIP and data retention played a large part in our deliberations..." ... Read more at The Register (UK) - 2003 Big Brother Awards: The Winners. and Political News from Wired News - Blair Tagged as Privacy Threat."

  5. UK Employers May Read Employees' Mail

    Yro · Privacy · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the as-well-they-should dept. · 233 comments
    Martin Spamer writes: "The BBC reports that today the UK introduces Controversial new regulations (RIP) giving employers sweeping powers to monitor their workers' e-mails and Internet activity. Campaigners say the rules, under the new Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, are an assault on personal privacy." I guess I just don't see it. If I was gonna bad mouth my boss, I'd use my domain as the e-mail address, and PGP crypt the message. It's not so simple when you're using, say, a corporate laptop on your couch at home on a Saturday night tho.This bill was passed a while ago - but this is the day it takes effect.