Public Lecture by Edgar Whitley: "The Challenge of Effective Identity Policies: Lessons from Around the World"
* * *Thursday, 19 April 2012* * * * * *17:00 until 19:00* * * * Cama Hall, The K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, 136, Mumbai Samachar Marg, Fort, Mumbai - 400 023. (Landmark: Opposite Lion Gate) Map at: http:// g.co/maps/dm4pu* Among the striking events that characterised the turbulent first decade of the 21st century, which saw security being stepped up to unprecedented levels in most democratic nations, was the rejection - literally, the scrapping - of the Identity Cards Project in the United Kingdom (UK), and the destruction of the data already collected from UK residents. This decision of the UK government marked the culmination of a countrywide protest movement against the ID card project. A major facilitating factor in this nationwide campaign was the release of a report from the London School of Economics and Political Science. It demonstrated the futility of nationwide biometric-based identity schemes, showing that they were slated to become endless exercises of ever-increasing expenditure, bringing in their wake perilous risks to enrollees of identity theft on the one hand, and to the managers - the government - the risk of increasing thefts and losses from its databases, carrying with them penalties of compensation to the persons whose identities were put at risk. The lead author of this scholarly study was Professor Edgar Whitley. Prof Whitley is Reader in Information Systems at the Information Systems and Innovation Group in the London School of Economics and Political Science. He will address a public meeting on the 19th of April 2012 at 5 PM at the Oriental Institute, Cama Hall, on Thursday, on "The Challenge of Effective Identity Policies: Lessons from Around the World". All are cordially invited. Please share this news far and wide, and help the movement against Aadhaar. -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist Hey folks, coined this term ” Kracktivism “, check out my blog http://kractivist.wordpress.com/Kracktivism Blog for girl child- http://fassmumbai.wordpress.com/ Blog for Kashmir -http://kashmirsolidaritymumbai.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/#!/Kracktivist https://www.facebook.com/kamayani *I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell So that voyagers to God can rip the veils And see the real goal....... Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to humanrights-movement@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to humanrights-movement+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
