One in four British database disregards privacy rights.

Many state databases are in Britain, according to a recent study may be illegal. They violate human rights and privacy. Experts call for now, the affected data to an end and to reform the system.

 

A quarter of all databases of the British government is an expert report illegal. The
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust (JRRT) presented in a study published now
(PDF) serious safety deficiencies and violations of human rights and urged that the illegal data to conclude or to reform it.

46 databases, the state-party independent trust as part of its study. Just once in six cases, the privacy of citizens are adequately protected, according to the experts. The traffic light rating of JRRT, despite concerns among other things, the national fingerprint database and the TV licensing system of government the green light get BBC.

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For eleven databases, however, there was a clear red, including the National DNA database or Contact Point, a database to gather biographical and social information of newborns. "The databases culture of the state must urgently and radically revised," says Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering at the University of Cambridge, one of the authors of the study JRRT. In addition, the Trust complains that every year 16 billion pounds for the dubious schemes spent.

The opposition has criticized the connected. Eleanor Laing, spokeswoman for the legal and political conservatives, said the government urgently needed more consideration to privacy and consent of citizens to save for the premise to make. Your Party promises in the case of a reelection next year, Contact Point and the announced by JRRT also disputed ID cards should be abolished.

However, a spokesman for the Justice Ministry rejected the accusations. There was no substantiated evidence of the illegality of the databases. "The Government takes its responsibilities seriously will consider any concerns and if necessary adapt existing security arrangements," he said to BBC News.

The British government stores in numerous databases, information on the citizens. With regard to the protection of British thought, it is many pages again and again to be too broadly criticized.
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