Manchester Technology Newswire Archive

Liverpool NO2ID Inaugural Meeting

Dave Page, 07-07-2008 10:40

Liverpool NO2ID group will be having its first meeting at:

Place: Cooper's Pub, Lime Street Station, Lime Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 1JD
Time: Tuesday 8th July, 7:30pm
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Privacy Campaigners Welcome Airlines' Opposition to ID Database

Dave Page, 02-07-2008 22:07

Privacy campaigners have welcomed airline bosses' strongly-worded letter opposing plans to force airport workers to register for government ID cards from next year. Read more >>

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Minutes of Manchester NO2ID Meeting, June 2008

Dave Page, 01-07-2008 12:23

Manchester's campaign against the Database State is going from strength to strenth. Find out what's going on and how you can get involved!
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Manchester Free Software Talk: Richard Rothwell, M6-IT, 20th May 2008

Manchester Free Software, 19-05-2008 17:04

Manchester Free Software present a talk by Richard Rothwell from M6-IT Community Interest Company - "Software Freedom for the Education and Voluntary Sector" on Sustainable Education Solutions, at MDDA at 7pm on Tuesday 20th May 2008. Read more >>

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ID Cards Cost To Every Council Tax Payer in Greater Manchester

Dave Page, 26-04-2008 10:59

Ahead of Greater Manchester's local elections on 1st May, local campaign group Manchester NO2ID is polling election candidates to highlight the cost of the National Identity Register at the local level. The published costings for the scheme, estimated at £10-20bn by the London School of Economics, does not include the cost to local authorities of reworking their computer systems to talk to the Government's central ID database, where over 50 categories of information will be stored on every resident along with a life-long audit track. Read more >>

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Minutes of Manchester NO2ID Meeting, April 2008

Dave Page, 20-04-2008 18:47

A summary of what we've been up to recently, what our ongoing plans are, and our actions for future. Read more >>

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NO2ID Informal Meeting, Liverpool, Friday 28th March

Dave Page, 27-03-2008 22:41

A number of North-West NO2ID supporters will be meeting on Friday evening at Liverpool Lime Street station for drinks, chat and planning. National co-ordinator Phil Booth will be there, along with Liverpool co-ordinator Kev Beaumont and Manchester co-ordinator Dave Page. Read more >>

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Preston Prepares to Oppose the Database State

Dave Page, 17-03-2008 23:25

Preston locals are planning to kick-start a new local group of the national NO2ID campaign against identity cards and the Database State. A meeting is being held at the Bluebell pub on Church Street at 7:30pm on Thursday 20th March to re-launch the campaign locally.
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Manchester NO2ID Minutes, 13th February 2008

Dave Page, 26-02-2008 01:10

The main focus of this meeting was getting more people more involved in the Manchester NO2ID campaign. Please read on to find out how you can help from the comfort of your own armchair! Read more >>

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Press Release: Greater Manchester NHS Must "Break The Spine"

Dave Page, 24-01-2008 00:14

With yet more patient records going missing, local campaign group Manchester NO2ID is calling upon the NHS in Greater Manchester to abandon plans for more centralisation and computerisation of intimate medical details on the "NHS Spine" database. Read more >>

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The Old face of New media v. the New face of Old Media

mfzz, 14-01-2008 16:35

And article written for the Mule Newspaper based in Manchester looking at some of the challenges faced by Indymedia and evolving video projects which are coming out of the network. Read more >>

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Minutes of Manchester NO2ID Meeting, 12th December 2007

Dave Page, 06-01-2008 20:53

RECENT EVENTS

Manchester NO2ID has very busy since our November meeting. As well as our regular street stall, we've flyered the Lord Mayor of Manchester [1] at the Central Library, held an emergency street stall [2] in the light of the HMRC data leak, and reached the Information Commissioner himself [3] at an ICO conference in Manchester.

These are all great actions, and thanks to everyone who's shown up and helped out; we've been getting our points across to an increasingly sympathetic public, and also to people in positions of power, reminding them that we exist and cannot be ignored.

[1]  http://manchester.no2id.net/node/19
[2]  http://manchester.no2id.net/node/22
[3]  http://manchester.no2id.net/node/16 Read more >>

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Manchester NO2ID Events, January 2008

Dave Page, 06-01-2008 03:41

Bit of a quiet month this time round, but I expect everybody's still recovering from Christmas! Read more >>

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"The NO2ID Pledge" Comes To Manchester

Dave Page, 06-12-2007 21:02

Manchester supporters of NO2ID, the national campaign against identity cards
and the database state, will be inviting the public to pledge opposition to the
Government's schemes in St. Anne's Square this coming Saturday. Read more >>

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Manchester NO2ID December Newsletter

Dave Page, 03-12-2007 22:03

All the latest news and upcoming events from the Manchester NO2ID campaign. Read more >>

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Manchester NO2ID Emergency Street Stall

Dave Page, 23-11-2007 23:36

In light of the HMRC losing 25 million personal records, including 8 million bank account details and National Insurance numbers, Manchester NO2ID will be running an extra street stall this Saturday. We intend to capitalise on people's heightened awareness of how the Government cannot be trusted to run large databases. Read more >>

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Manchester NO2ID Calls on Greater Manchester Councils to Axe ID Scheme

Dave Page, 20-11-2007 23:58

In the light of HMRC's losing 25 million personal data records, local campaign group Manchester NO2ID is calling on all Greater Manchester councils to oppose the Government's plans to create further vulnerable centralised databases. Read more >>

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URGENT: Manchester NO2ID promote Identity Fraud Protection TOMORROW, 1:30pm

Dave Page, 14-11-2007 23:40

Tomorrow, officials from Get Safe Online will be at Manchester Central Library running workshops on identity fraud on the Internet. The National Identity Register, a giant database with everybody's personal information, is a golden opportunity for identity thieves and fraudsters, and unlike Facebook it'll be illegal not to sign up. Read more >>

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Turning debate into action

Dick Tracey, 08-11-2007 12:01

On December 11 2007 at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester a private conference is being held and run by the Information Commissioner whose opic is the dangers of a surveillance society. Places for delegates are limited to a decidedly undemocratic 130 places. This is an ideal opportunity to challenge the domination of this debate by 'sensible liberals'. Read more | 1 comment >>

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ICBUW Launches Global Disinvestment Campaign

International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, 06-11-2007 10:28

On November 6th 2007 ICBUW member organisations launched a global disinvestment campaign against investments by high street banks and investment companies around the world in the manufacturers of uranium weapons. Read on to find out how you can get involved. Read more >>

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