We told you so…
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 Friday, April 10th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Pertinent Art, We told you so..., What do we want?
The Tomlinson death shows how much sousveillance is now simply a normal part of life. When did that happen? And when will it become culturally acceptable to the police to be routinely filmed by the public as they go about their business? No-one asked us if we wanted to be subjected to CCTV all the […]
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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, 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 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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