Re: Not Good
"I used to think a unified government would be a good idea, but having seen how readily the government leaks data"
The simplest answer to that is to make the head of department using the data criminally responsible for any leaks. One day in jail per record lost/stolen, dismissal, and a ban on further public sector employment (including through a consultancy). If they can prove responsibility for the leak at a lower level, then that employee gains the penalties.
Presumably the whole dataset will be worth a lot more money to advertisers / ambulance chasers than it is in pieces. What will this additional income be used for, other than more nest padding for fat cat state employees?
Presumably our data will also be centralised to enable whole back office functions to be made redundant lock stock and barrel?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
