did a government employee finally understand something genuinely important about people's data?
Indeed he did. But he didn't say who would pocket the extracted value. Do you think it will be:
1) You and me?
2) Some shitty offshore outsourcer being paid to do not much?
3) Some big data company that gets our data, and makes a mint for its Yank shareholders whilst paying no UK corporation tax?
My bet is on 3.