[Gllug] NHS opt out

[Richard Jones]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 03:32:54PM +0000, Christian Smith wrote:
> This is the crux of the problem. People complain about centralised data 
> from the privacy POV, whereas what they're objecting to is the access to 
> the data rather than how it is stored. Centralised data is good if 
> properly managed.
> 
> What's more laughable is how many of these people have credit cards and 
> bank accounts etc. Try getting a bank account and refusing to have your 
> personal data on their central database. Good luck with that!

Well it's not as if every bank account in the UK is on one database.
And it's not as if my bank also keeps track of my medical records, tax
returns, vehicle license, criminal record and web browsing habits on
the same database.

Rich.

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Richard Jones
Red Hat UK Limited
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