Apr 26 2007
Government spying and data safety
Making personal data about young Doctors available on the web does not encourage people to trust the government with their personal identity data or even with their medical records. A Minister did some public breast beating??this morning, but who believes they will get to the bottom of it and stop it happening again?
The Home Office has been the source of endless embarrassing information in recent months, and they are meant to be the fortress of our national security! Even if we accept their denials that no-one senior at the HO was responsible for the bad security breach in this week’s papers, we can still hold the Home Secretary accountable for the fact this bad leak occurred from someone.
The conclusion I come to is we should have to supply less informaiton to the government not more. That means cancelling the ID computer scheme for starters, and revieiwng all the other data bases they keep to see if they are necessary, and if necessary whether they can be cut down in size and scope.
Why should we trust the government with our data, when they have made such a mess of it?
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John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College...
Why should we trust the government with our [insert as needed], when they have made such a mess of it?
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Data
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Civil Service
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I guess they were too busy to notice the data being accidentally compromised, I imagine they were actively leaking sensitive counter-terrorism information at the time.
John perhaps you can help me? Blair is always telling us “If you’ve nothing to hide, you’ve nothing to fear” so why is he so scared of a leak enquiry into DAC Clarke’s legitimate concerns?
Regarding the junior doctors personal data; I would think the main (only) leaker that the government is interested in finding is the one who tipped off Channel 4 News about this further example of their incompetence!
There is too much government in this country meddling in every aspect of life - normally to the detriment of the individual. We want them off our backs and we want you and Cameron to pledge to do just that if we vote for you.