Identity Management in New Zealand, CeBIT Australia and the Merry Month of May …

In the world of information governance and a fair go for the individual in dealings with business and government, how has it felt this month?

User Centric ID management – Heading for New Zealand

The upcoming identity conference in New Zealand is going to be a high spot for ID management in this part of the world; indeed anywhere.

Web 2.0 & rating the Police. A Bruce Schneier perspective

The transparency debate is nuanced & needs a lot more work.

A great day for privacy: genuine privacy respecting, user centric Identity Management has hit the mainstream

The bar for acceptable ID management has just been suddenly raised.

Swallows flying by: the small flock grows

And now Ernst & Young have released their swallow, after the earlier ones seen in Privacy gains attention over the Christmas New Year break. Does a swallow or two make a Spring?, then Another swallow flew by, but who was looking?

The curse of the rule maker. But there’s a lesson in it.

Stephen Wilson made an excellent point in his comment "Privacy movement deja vu" on my blog on "Another swallow flew by, but who was looking?"

Another swallow flew by, but who was looking ?

Since posting "Privacy gains attention over the Christmas New Year break. Does a swallow or two make a Spring?", there has been another swallow of sorts.

But not everybody has been watching or maybe it is typical Spring weather.

Privacy gains attention over the Christmas New Year break. Does a swallow or two make a Spring?

We are in an interesting period of leadership change.  In Australia, we elected a new federal government at the end of 2007.  The UK has a new PM & the USA will have a new president by the end of 2008.

Is the privacy debate changing too, reflecting a new mood?

“Government 2.0” – is it Safe to Play for the citizen?

How can government make it 'Safe to Play' for citizens when they are offered wiki or blog or social networking styles of interaction with government?

Losses of personal information, trust and privacy: This is going to change your life

We are watching a very rapid change in community attitudes on privacy.  One of the strongest contributors is the repeated and significant loss of control of personal information by private and public sector organisations around the world.