Er zijn is nog tijd om gegevens het delen te bestrijden

Geraint Bevan
NO2ID

De commissaris van de Informatie is juist over de proliferatie betrokken te zijn van gegevens het delen. Jammer genoeg, is het idee dat de risico's kunnen worden verlicht als slechts de mensen van hun rechten zich bewust zijn misplaatst. Het grootste gevaar is het begrip van „transformationele overheid“. Dit is de stuwende kracht achter de nationale identiteitsregeling die de verwezenlijking van een enorm Nationaal Register van de Identiteit met zich mee zal brengen, die specifiek wordt ontworpen om helpen gegevens wijder uitspreiden.

New passport applicants are being summoned to attend the interrogation centre in Blythswood House where, as well as facing the prospect of having biometric data scanned and recorded, they are confronted with personal dossiers compiled from a host of databases. The main purpose of these interrogations is to tidy up existing databases to aid the creation of a national register.

It is not sufficient that we know our rights. As far as the government is concerned, we have none. The Data Protection Act does not prevent the government from sharing data whenever it believes that to be in the public interest. What government department ever believes any of its actions are not in the public interest? We must all take responsibility for protecting our personal data, but that requires that we learn to say no when asked for too much information unnecessarily. We should prepare to say no when summoned to participate in national identity registration. We can start by writing to our elected representatives and telling them that we intend to refuse to participate.

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