The fact of the matter is that the UK government is demonstrably untrustworthy and not competent to oversee this matter. That has been proved many times. And I don't just mean the present government. The civil servants must not be given this amount of control over data as they are just not able to understand what they have, the importance of it, and the responsibilities that go with that. That is a matter of record.
If I thought that my data would be safe in the hands of these people I would not object to this scheme - as long as it replaced all the other foolishness we have to put up with - but I know it will not be safe.
Last edited by DB6; 17th Feb 2009 at 10:24.