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Sir Graham Brady said he will resist the mission creep of coronavirus vaccine passports into a social credit score "at all costs".

2 Jun 2021 The European Union will introduce a government-controlled and cross border “digital identity” app for EU citizens as a part of the bloc’s post-pandemic “transition”. In a speech given to the EU’s 2021 Digital Assembly on Tuesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that Brussels is planning to develop a government digital wallet, saying: “We want to offer to Europeans a new digital identity.” “It will allow everyone to control their identity online, and to interact with governments and businesses, across the EU,” von der Leyen said. The...

12 Apr 2021 Silicon Valley tech giants Apple and Google have blocked an update to the British government’s coronavirus contact tracing app from their respective app stores as the update shared the locations of users with the government, violating privacy regulations. An update to the National Health Service (NHS) COVID-19 app was intended to be released in time with the loosening of lockdown restrictions in the UK on Monday. The previous incarnation of the contact tracing app, which is still active on both Android and iOS devices, logs location data on a user’s device rather than it being...

11 Mar 2021 The EU was forced to admit that the United Kingdom had not imposed a vaccine export ban, after earlier accusing the British government of blocking exports. On Tuesday, European Council President Charles Michel had claimed Britain had “imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines”. Brussels itself can enact export controls to stop the export of vaccines from the bloc even if produced under contract for a non-EU country. Downing Street had called for an apology and retraction. A European Commission spokesman told The Guardian on Thursday that the EU’s powerful execut...

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 On Feb. 10, 2021, Acting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter offered a glimpse of where the FTC may be headed under the Biden administration and confirmed that privacy remains among the Commission’s top priorities. In her keynote address to the Future of Privacy Forum, Slaughter shared her views on the FTC’s role in privacy and data security, and her priorities for the coming years. While among the first in her new role, Slaughter’s remarks contain familiar themes, including innovative approaches, greater transparency, and...