But it's not a health database
that's nothing to do with it, it's being sold as a security issue. Do you actually trust any government to competently look after your data? The issue is, if this database is considered to be all powerful, then when the mistakes happen, and they will happen, how do you prove they are mistakes?

You can argue good things about national databases, but the inevitable negatives will always outweigh any potential gains as far as I'm concerned.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:49, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I totally agree that as a security issue, it's bullshit.
I can't see how it's supposed to help security, and I dont' agree with the "If you have nothing to hide, why aren't you for it" argument eaither.

Maybe a good idea would be a linking of all the national databases, like the NHS and GPs, benfits and criminal records (etc).

It would be quite simple, I can think of how it'll work in a technical term, linking IDs with NI Numbers, but can't think of how to say it in a non-technical way.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:56, Reply)