Re: Same old arrogance
This is complete rubbish. I asked questions to a government minister about the data being stored on the database. Your name, NI, NHS numbers are not being stored but there is sufficient information, including your date of birth and postcode to enable you to be identified.
How many people live within your postcode that have the exact same date of birth as you? Probably none! And in most cases it will be none.
For example, if years later you went to take out motor insurance, you have to provide your name, address, date of birth to your would be insurance provider, and let's assume that the government changes the rules (they do that all the time without asking us) and sell the data on, and the insurance company can access the medical record database, and link our insurance application or claim to the medical records database using the post code and date of birth, and then charge us a higher premium based on our medical history. This is wrong.
Anonymised data? They want us to believe it is anonymised, and you fell for it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
