Karen Challinor

UK

staring at clouds

I am not a criminal, so why do my fingerprints need to go into a database which will be regularly trawled and compared against those from scenes of crimes

we've already seen from articles on S.C that using fingerprints as a general form of identification can be problematic and I've still not seen any independent study of error rates for fingerprint recognition

now businesses collect details but there are laws governing how they can be used and they don't collect everything, they don't know where I've been or what I've bought in the past 24 hours for example

when government collects data, it is still protected by law but as it's the lawmaker doing the collecting these particular goalposts can be moved pretty much at will, further not only will they know where I've been and what I've bought for the past 24 hours but for the past 24 years

you say "After all, security is a growing concern and the ability for, say, healthcare professionals to diagnose and cure patients has to be positive, right"

absolutely right healthcare professionals sharing data with other healthcare professionals is fine and dandy and can be achieved by managing existing NHS information within the NHS, there's no need whatsoever to share this with anyone else

as for security how exactly will having the full life details of me, a law abiding subject of the crown, help you in the fight against terrorism or crime ?

when you are trying to find a needle in a haystack the last thing you need is more hay

all these arguments for increasing state intrusion and monitoring of the people have been knocked down, so I ask you, why do you need to know