Mind your own: Scotland unveils privacy principles The Scottish Government has published new guidance on achieving privacy-friendly public services. The five principles should encourage good practice and ensure personal data is always handled with respect, according to the the Scottish Government. The principles have been devised by an expert group - including the Assistant …
It might be more a case of "let's embarrass those bastards down South." Scotland has its own share of fuckwitted legislation. Took more than the usual amount of effort for my brother across the border to get married to his American wife. Not because she's American, but because she's been married before.
The more data you store, the more of a headache it is to secure and maintain it. Obviously though if you ask for less ID, or accept alternate forms of ID then it has to be accompanied by some form of training to spot fraudulent applications, counterfeit documents and so forth.
Public sector bodies shouldn't be fined as it basically means that the taxpayer is paying the fine and when the fine comes from the organisation's budget the taxpayer loses out again.
In public sector bodies, it should be the person who fucked up to get penalised. This is not necessarily the person who actually made the mistake but the person who ensured that the mistake happened so would usually be a manager or top level person. The punishment shouldn't be so severe as to make everyone scared to do anything at all, but enough for the person to learn from their mistake and for others to learn too.
Much better than any other laws I've seen on the subject.
But... how on earth did anybody with that much sense get into a position to be able to draft laws? On the few occasions when the public elect someone sensible, cronyism makes sure they don't progress to a position of responsibility. Direct appointment? That doesn't sound plausible either.
Perhaps we should just attribute it to seasonal Divine Intervention --- El Reg, how about an "Archangel Michael with sword" icon?
...simply doesn't fit with what is happening on the ground as Girfec and eCare are rolled out.
These issues have recently been given a much needed airing by Kenneth Roy of the Scottish Review - an old school investigative reoporter. He is continuing the series in January.
I am putting all the recent links on this discussion thread:
http://www.home-education.biz/forum/general-discussion/12948-big-brother-scotland.html
Please read.
Better move to Scotland and become a voter.
The SNP is looking down a biased print media and BBC (which, for example, employs Ex-Labour politicians as political reporters) and it is amazing it holds its own as much as it does.
I'll stop there before I head into a Cybernat rant
Amendment to E&E:
... the information handled will be handled securely by operators with rank commensurate to the data handled (e.g. (for England) data monkeys with access the Mr & Mrs Beckham's contact information including address, mobile phone numbers, landline numbers, ... will no onger be tolerated (they have to be security cleared data monkeys).
@ sheila 24/12/2010 13:51 GMT
The usual excuse is something along lines of: we can't cater for a new spec or operating standard until that new spec or operating standard is made known.
Once made known they should have a policy meet to establish any impact on present practices or proposals with a view to building those in. If not, go sic 'em
What is actually new in those points? They should have been doing those points for years. I am shocked that they haven't been doing pia for example. Amazing how some of the comments here think the scots invented the wheel or something. They are just catching up.
Problem as always is the implementation and assessments that is where these things go wrong.
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