[MyData & Open Data] Workshop on June 10 & 11

Mon Mar 31 16:04:21 UTC 2014

thank you walter for clarifying my point. let me be more verbose myself:

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 02:25:13PM +0100, Sally Deffor wrote:
> Unfortunately, one of the downsides of international conferences is the
> difficulties some nationalities face with border control.

unfortunately this is not only limited to "nationalities". persons of interest
can be any nationality, persons who do care for privacy are seen as a threat
to some quite powerful business interests whose well-being is considered
important, like in the RIP Act:

"RIPA can be invoked by government officials specified in the Act on the
grounds of national security, and for the purposes of detecting crime,
preventing disorder, public safety, protecting public health, or in the
interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom,..."[0]

furthermore consider the statistic that the uk has one cctv camera per
inhabitant[1]. that the uk is the tap for the nsa on most european
communications[2], that UK representatives have been the sockpuppets of the
data kraken and the financial industry during the european data protection
regulation[3], border searches and seizures are routine, while data can be
downloaded from laptops and phones[4].

are all examples of the regime walter and i were referring to. making people
critical to these issues automatically persons of interest in the scope of

"preventing disorder, public safety, protecting public health, or in the
interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom"

> But with the over-riding concerns of cost constraints in choosing another
> location when most of  the participants are UK-based, London still  presents
> the better option, wouldn't you agree?

compromising costs for human rights is never a good idea.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempora
[2] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10172298/One-surveillance-camera-for-every-11-people-in-Britain-says-CCTV-survey.html
[3] http://lobbyplag.eu/map/countries
[4] https://terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk/one-law-for-the-street-one-for-the-arrivals-hall/

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