Oops! They lost it again!
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More personal data has gone missing in yet another data disaster for the UK government.
So, with the communications data bill well on its way to being passed as UK law, the UK government will soon know the details of every person you emailed, phoned, text or IM'd ever. They'll know how long you spoke each time, they'll know how often you spoke, they'll know where you were when you spoke, along with plenty of other nitty gritty details I needn't go into.
That information will be made available to more than 1000 local authorities who can get access upon request if they deem it necessary. It's some very private data they will soon be collecting on us all, and yet their track record at *not losing* your private data isn't so great.
They've just managed to lose a hard drive with the details of 5,000 prison officers national insurance numbers, addresses, and prison office employee numbers on it. So, in light of the governments utter incompetence at keeping private data private, do you really want them to start collating data on every single person you've ever spoken to?
More details on the communications data act here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/26/civilliberties.labour
So, with the communications data bill well on its way to being passed as UK law, the UK government will soon know the details of every person you emailed, phoned, text or IM'd ever. They'll know how long you spoke each time, they'll know how often you spoke, they'll know where you were when you spoke, along with plenty of other nitty gritty details I needn't go into.
That information will be made available to more than 1000 local authorities who can get access upon request if they deem it necessary. It's some very private data they will soon be collecting on us all, and yet their track record at *not losing* your private data isn't so great.
They've just managed to lose a hard drive with the details of 5,000 prison officers national insurance numbers, addresses, and prison office employee numbers on it. So, in light of the governments utter incompetence at keeping private data private, do you really want them to start collating data on every single person you've ever spoken to?
More details on the communications data act here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/26/civilliberties.labour
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