Anarchy in the UK
- “Anger as NHS patient records lost”
- “Patient data loss affects 168,000”
- “Post Office sends wrong details”
- “Discs ‘worth £1.5bn’ to criminals”
- “£20,000 reward offered for discs“*
- “More firms ‘admit disc failings’”
* Readers are invited to comment on the contrast.
Thanks to Ant, Cat and Steven Murdoch for links. Image: Teton dam, Wikipedia.
Public to NHS: “We got a problem, the problem is you, so watcha gonna do?” :^)
From an IT professional viewpoint, I am appalled that such lack of consideration for private information is shown by government departments and others with scant regard for laws or good practice. However, there is little evidence of widespread concern or outrage in the general public.
Are MPs and ministers being questioned by their constituents about penalties, rights of redress etc? Are people refusing to co-operate with information gatherers?
It’s interesting to watch what is going on in the UK. they have “security” cameras on every corner but cannot seem to hold onto a computer disk. Maybe they should look at the camera tapes to find out what happened to the disk.