[LINK] Trends 2014

[Janet Hawtin]

On 4 January 2014 12:10, Janet Hawtin <janet at hawtin.net.au> wrote:

> 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.
>
> and cloud hosted.