The Government has reintroduced legislation designed to address identity theft. The bill appeared in the last Parliament but died on the order paper. My original post on the last bill is here. I was scheduled to appear before the Justice Committee to discuss the bill, but the the committee was dysfunctional at the time as it battled over the Cadman affair.
Government Reintroduces Identity Theft Bill
April 1, 2009
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NEXT up after that BILL c61 ENHANCED
1st get as many poor disabled and under nurished off the net
LET them eat CAKE
then no more facebook revolution and we can say UP see there is no opposition…..