From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=uk+super++databa
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& many others.

Don't say I didn't warn you. What galls though is the bollox about this
coming out of a recent discussion. Why tell porkies like that?

Gee so that's what the ID card is for ....a single you to help hang your
health, social security, crim, tax etc info off for gov usuage.

Well I never.

Beware Govs bearing databases. It's not for the good of the citizen.

e.g. the seminar was to examine the :

"impact of data-sharing and privacy laws on [government] customer service"


Ask yourself who (really) is "the customer"?

"A huge Whitehall 'superdatabase' of people's personal details could
be created in a bid to improve public services, it was revealed today.

The move would mean relaxing regulations that restrict different parts of
government from sharing information.

Minsters believe the current rules are overly tough, and changing them
could help make the NHS and benefits system more efficient.

Individuals would only have to give their details once rather than handing
them to a host of different agencies.

The process of notifying a loved one's death could also be made a lot
simpler and less distressing for bereaved families.

However, the proposal is likely to encounter resistance from civil
liberties groups who fear the creation of a 'Big Brother' state.

Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has already warned that Britain may
be "sleepwalking into a surveillance society".

The database idea has emerged from the Government's policy review on public
services, which is headed by Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton.

So-called "citizens panels" will be used to gauge public reaction
to relaxing privacy procedures.

Shadow home secretary David Davis criticised the Government's record on
managing databases, citing failures in the Sex Offenders Register, the
Criminal Records Bureau, and the recent problems tracking criminal records
from overseas.

He said the ID Cards database was likely to be a "white elephant"
costing œ20 billion, and the money could be much better spent on policing
or border controls."

Adam

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