Comments on: Can the government be trusted with your personal data? http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/ Insights from the UK and beyond Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:59:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: The Truth Is... http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3715 The Truth Is... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:01:26 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3715 R.Down, above, you fail to acknowledge there was a 'series' of serious breaches, where it was proven the government had done nothing to stop them. A mechanic cannmot blame his oily rag for his incompetence? You bet! R.Down, above, you fail to acknowledge there was a ’series’ of serious breaches, where it was proven the government had done nothing to stop them.

A mechanic cannmot blame his oily rag for his incompetence?

You bet!

]]> By: r.down http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3697 r.down Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:16:53 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3697 once again blame the government? why not blame the faceless overpaid civil servants who will be in their jobs no matter what colour party is in downing street! once again blame the government? why not blame the faceless overpaid civil servants who will be in their jobs no matter what colour party is in downing street!

]]> By: Roger http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3691 Roger Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:40:39 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3691 NuLab is incompetent that is true, however, it's appears that the upper echelons of the Civil Service are equally without wisdom and expertise. I would rather go to jail than sign up for their National Database. NuLab is incompetent that is true, however, it’s appears that the upper echelons of the Civil Service are equally without wisdom and expertise. I would rather go to jail than sign up for their National Database.

]]> By: James http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3688 James Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:49:46 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3688 Of course not, see the evidence. Of course not, see the evidence.

]]> By: The Truth Is... http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3681 The Truth Is... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:28:36 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/25/can-the-government-be-trusted-with-your-personal-data/#comment-3681 Writing, genuinely, as an EX Labour supporter, I think the word incompetent is woefully inadequate in this regard. This stunning litany of gaping security errors were not only reckless, feckless and ludicrously outlandish, but clearly showed a government incapable of instituting adequate security checks and balances. That they were so extravagantly flippant with our private data and national security intelligence, even after consecutive breaches, possibly shows an abject contempt, or at the very least, a level of ineptitude that beggars belief. If the government is, for example, overseeing a bankrupt security system, then how on earth do they expect our allies to entrust us with their own sensitive and highly confidential security intelligence? The sharing of sensitive information between allies is and has always been an essential and fundamental part of our relationships with our friendly nations - like the USA - who rely on us to keep the information they share safe. Therefore this issue has serious implications of trust. Leaving laptops and papers on trains is just one pathetic and gaping security hole we all got to know about. Maybe next time someone will walk down the high street with sandwich boards highlighting more terrorist intelligence? We all need to know that the government is up-to-the-job when it comes to sensitive data. At present I and several hundred rafts of others feel the government are conveying an ethos of crass stupidity and base ineptitude. On behalf of the country, I would like to appeal to this government to get it's act together NOW - and not after the horse has bolted its box! It cannot be rocket science to institute immediate and effective controls that at the very least, forbids any sensitive data from being taken out of any 'secure' environment? Mr Brown, the clock is ticking very loudly now, and we are waiting for real government competence, not the next instalment of another Fred Carno extravaganza. The pie is in your face Mr Brown, so do not deny it - now wipe it off and cut the jokes! Our sense of humour is diminished. Writing, genuinely, as an EX Labour supporter, I think the word incompetent is woefully inadequate in this regard.

This stunning litany of gaping security errors were not only reckless, feckless and ludicrously outlandish, but clearly showed a government incapable of instituting adequate security checks and balances.

That they were so extravagantly flippant with our private data and national security intelligence, even after consecutive breaches, possibly shows an abject contempt, or at the very least, a level of ineptitude that beggars belief.

If the government is, for example, overseeing a bankrupt security system, then how on earth do they expect our allies to entrust us with their own sensitive and highly confidential security intelligence?

The sharing of sensitive information between allies is and has always been an essential and fundamental part of our relationships with our friendly nations - like the USA - who rely on us to keep the information they share safe.

Therefore this issue has serious implications of trust.

Leaving laptops and papers on trains is just one pathetic and gaping security hole we all got to know about.

Maybe next time someone will walk down the high street with sandwich boards highlighting more terrorist intelligence?

We all need to know that the government is up-to-the-job when it comes to sensitive data.

At present I and several hundred rafts of others feel the government are conveying an ethos of crass stupidity and base ineptitude.

On behalf of the country, I would like to appeal to this government to get it’s act together NOW - and not after the horse has bolted its box!

It cannot be rocket science to institute immediate and effective controls that at the very least, forbids any sensitive data from being taken out of any ’secure’ environment?

Mr Brown, the clock is ticking very loudly now, and we are waiting for real government competence, not the next instalment of another Fred Carno extravaganza.

The pie is in your face Mr Brown, so do not deny it - now wipe it off and cut the jokes!

Our sense of humour is diminished.

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