[Gllug] NHS opt out

[Christopher Hunter]

On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 09:21 +0000, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 09:09 +0000, Tethys wrote:
> > Here, for a start:
> > 
> > 	http://lists.gllug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/2007-January/065502.html
> 
> 
> I don't see the problem as it relates to this discussion. The wrong data
> got put into a record, yes, that's bad. She had to withdraw from the NHS
> so sort it out, that's _appalling_.
> 
> This is not the same as saying that every evil corporation will be able
> to view and edit your file at will.

With the reliability and efficiency of the government's IT contractors,
you can safely assume that access to the database will be effectively
unregulated.  Besides - they're hosting it on MS SQL server with IIS -
need we say more?

Chris


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