Privacy debate must enter 21st century
Bryan Glick publishs this article at computing.co.uk
Privacy debate must enter 21st century
Personal details are quickly becoming a new currency, but will this form of trading turn into a preserve of the rich?
When Information Commissioner Richard Thomas first coined the expression ‘sleepwalking into a surveillance society’ in an interview in 2004, he probably did not realise he was creating a catchphrase.
Privacy debate must enter 21st century
Personal details are quickly becoming a new currency, but will this form of trading turn into a preserve of the rich?
When Information Commissioner Richard Thomas first coined the expression ‘sleepwalking into a surveillance society’ in an interview in 2004, he probably did not realise he was creating a catchphrase.
The quote has become a byword for the wide belief that technology inevitably means a dangerous loss of privacy.
The privacy debate is a looming crisis, which will have to be publicly tackled soon. Today, there is little rational debate on the subject – only opposing, black-or-white opinions.
Take the recent announcement that the government wants to join up its databases for better information sharing between departments. This is a sensible and much-needed objective, given that a bereaved family currently has to inform up to 44 different departments about a relative’s death, for example.
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