Freedom, privacy, democracy...

You have to wonder with the sorry state of affairs in the UK recently. I like to read some blogs on the different issues regarding privacy...

Some links you may find interesting:

• http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ - this organisation looks at the rights you have especially in the digital and media areas.
• http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/ - categorises recent Freedom of Expression requests. It's brilliant, because it tells you straight away with small symbols if the request was successful, declined or still pending. FOE requests have to be acknowledged immediately and answered in a specific time frame, the website shows how much time before the request is illegally overdue.
• http://www.idealgovernment.com/ - the blog talks about an ideal e-goverment and assess issues as ID cards, government databases and the digitisations of various state organisations, especially the NHS.

Pretty good reads. More to come...