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Marcus Houlden
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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:40:07 +0100, Mike Swift <[email protected]>
wrote the following to uk.local.yorkshire.moderated:
> In article <[email protected]>, Pilgrim
><[email protected]> writes
>>> > This is already a reality on the country's motorway network. Cameras
>>> > mounted alongside the roads can read your numberplate. This can be
>>> > passed to the Police for traffic monitoring, speed limit enforcement
>>> > simple surveillance or road tolls.
>>>
>>> So a right wing government could use it to monitor and control the
>>> movements of trade unionists then.
>>
>>This government uses it to monitor and control the movements of the
>>entire population.
>
> Article in today's Sunday Times on how the government is to set up a
> database for *every* child in Britain.
It seems *every* govt enquiry suggests setting up a new database. Are they
being lobbied by Oracle or something?
AFAICR, most data problems arise from people falling between so many
databases and data operators being given incorrect information about the
Data Protection Acts. I suppose it's easier to blame an act of parliament
than people who are supposed to provide accurate training. Even when there's
only one database, the govt gets it wrong. I still remember the time when
Virginia Bottomley launched the new NHS database and it told her that her
NHS number didn't exist. It seems the best option for the govt would be to
stop using databases as a panacea and get the processes right instead.
mh.
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wrote the following to uk.local.yorkshire.moderated:
> In article <[email protected]>, Pilgrim
><[email protected]> writes
>>> > This is already a reality on the country's motorway network. Cameras
>>> > mounted alongside the roads can read your numberplate. This can be
>>> > passed to the Police for traffic monitoring, speed limit enforcement
>>> > simple surveillance or road tolls.
>>>
>>> So a right wing government could use it to monitor and control the
>>> movements of trade unionists then.
>>
>>This government uses it to monitor and control the movements of the
>>entire population.
>
> Article in today's Sunday Times on how the government is to set up a
> database for *every* child in Britain.
It seems *every* govt enquiry suggests setting up a new database. Are they
being lobbied by Oracle or something?
AFAICR, most data problems arise from people falling between so many
databases and data operators being given incorrect information about the
Data Protection Acts. I suppose it's easier to blame an act of parliament
than people who are supposed to provide accurate training. Even when there's
only one database, the govt gets it wrong. I still remember the time when
Virginia Bottomley launched the new NHS database and it told her that her
NHS number didn't exist. It seems the best option for the govt would be to
stop using databases as a panacea and get the processes right instead.
mh.
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