[LINK] Trends 2014

[Janet Hawtin]

On 4 January 2014 12:04, <stephen at melbpc.org.au> wrote:

> BRD writes,
>
> > > So, IT people will not only run machines anymore, but fundamentally
> > > gather accurate information
> >
> > That's where problems will come from.
> >
> > Most IT people are not used to dealing with data. Technology, yes,
> > information no .. Large collections of data are hard to protect ..
>
>
> Yes. It would seem, in future, that any group that collects data about
> the public should be required by law to employ a government accredited
> and certified person to be legally responsible for oversight of all the
> processes, uses-of and the secure maintenance of public-data collections.
>

Meanwhile the govt proposes to unify all records on a person across
any agencies and to make it web facing. The idea that sharing personal data
is unhelpful
does not seem to be louder than potential mass data use.