Data nitwittery
WRITTEN ON Friday, April 10th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, We told you so..., What do we want?
Watch out Goliath. First the Godalming Quakers decided they were “acting under concern” about the database state. That’s pretty much as strong as language gets in the Society of Friends before it’s deemed to be “provocative”. Now the Oaklands medical practice of Yateley Hampshire has ripped gloves off in its fight against the database state, […]
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, April 4th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?
Here are Ian Brown’s slides from a talk he did at the Privacy OpenSpace conference in Berlin based on the JRRT Database State work.
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WRITTEN ON Monday, March 30th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, We told you so..., What do we want?
Personal data is valuable. Government has twigged that, which is why it’s trying to grab so much: it’s the oil of the new economy. But just how much personal data does government hold? The JRRT Database State report mapped out the top 46 or so government databases. But I had no idea hom much data […]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Official fibbing/bad stats, What do we want?
The database state can be a bit heartless with bereaved parents. This poignant example from the Beeb is far from Ideal: The parents of a girl who died suddenly have received a school letter demanding she improves her attendance. The letter, dated 16 March, said “students must have at least 92% attendance and Megan’s is […]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, We told you so..., What do we want?
Well, did the caring Department of Health receive the ministry of our JRRT report in a tender and creative spirit, and consider it might be mistaken? Not exactly, according to Smart Healthcare: “It is simply wrong to claim that the Summary Care Record and other aspects of the National Programme for IT are unlawful,” said […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, We told you so..., What do we want?
We’ve started a new category called “We told you so”. The Times on ContactPoint: Security flaws have halted work on the internet database designed to hold the details of 11 million children and teenagers. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) admitted last night that it had uncovered problems in the system for shielding […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?
Amid all the coverage of the
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WRITTEN ON Monday, March 23rd, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, We told you so..., What do we want?
Further evidence that the public sector employs its fair share of crooks and nitwits: A POLICEWOMAN has been charged with illegally accessing personal data using the cops’ own information system. Anna Wong, 26, faces 54 charges in breach of the Data Protection Act and has been suspended from duty by Lothian and Borders Police. It […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, March 23rd, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Political engagement, Save Time and Money, Transformational Government, What do we want?
So, did the government receive JRRT’s Database State report in a tender and creative spirit? Did they for one moment consider their Transformation Government plans might be mistaken? Not really. To judge by the initial reaction from Michael Wills on the BBC Radio Four Today programme they seem to prefer counter-attack us, rather than stop […]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?
JRRT today publishes the Database State report written by five FIPR authors: Ross, Ian, Terri, Philip, Angela and me (helped by many others). See BBC News item here.. See growing Google list of news links here. As JRRT’s PR puts it (full text below) The first ever comprehensive map of Britain’s database state today reveals […]
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