What do you think about this new database the Government want to introduce?

Question

The Government want to make a huge database about everybody in this country and share information with others
It has some good points but alot of bad ones :
ie :This information might fall into the wrong persons hands.

Is this country becoming more like George Orwell's book 1984
A BIG BROTHER STATE?
What are peoples views on this?

Answer 1

Nothing new really - been a Big Brother state for years!



Just another Whitehall Dick Head trying to make a name for himself! Obviously couldn't think of anything better to do!

Answer 2

Its all worng, yet another freedom taken away from us. Personally I have nothing to hide, but still object to being tagged and tied up to a database outside of my control, where I can not see what info is stored etc. Also I have no guarantee wa to who could access the information. Where is this all heading? What about my rights? I dont ever recall voting on any of this stuff? Just because a few mindless individuals break the law, the rest of us have to suffer? Well I am sorry I pay my taxes and stuff on time, I dont get in to trouble with law, but I most certainly do not want information stored in a database, especially not in the hands of this government who cant even tell us how many escaped prisoniers they have? or who has entered the country? really inspires confidence doesnt it!

Answer 3

It already is way, way, WAY past Orwell's 1984. The information about you that is on various Databases would stagger you if you knew. You use a teller machine card or EFTPOS..... they know where you were at that time, you can be tracked just by having your mobile phone switched on and you don't have to be using it.......it's easier for them if you do but you don't need to make a call. The info the Govt want about you is already on a database somewhere.. believe me, and you would never know if it gets shared or not. I'm afraid it's a long time too late to worry about Govt databases... you are already on there many times over.



Just a little addition. You can see by the answers you already have that people say "nothing to hide.... nothing to worry about". Well they are wrong. You might have nothing to hide but they are slowly getting you under their total control and thats something to worry about. I am no conspiracy theorist but they are controlling you more and more without you realising it.

Answer 4

I actually think they should get their house in order before installing anything like this. The agencies should be sharing information and possibly could have been if it wasn't for big egos and departmentalisation of the civil service for many years. However my biggest fear is that when you have firms like Crapita Ras and EPS repeatedly making huge errors with IT/Systems, (read Private Eye) that how can we trust any of these organisations?



I think we need the system - but with a professional organisation - and our government only seems to deal with the village idiot organisations who are rather good at making lots of money out of systems that never work or fail for what they were intended for.

Answer 5

If I believed that this government would keep it strictly confidential I might go along with this idea that 'I have nothing to hide so it's okay' but how many people realise who will have access. Your friendly local authority for one and who is to prevent them trawling for information that is none of their business. That doesn't even begin to count all the government departments that will also be tempted to trawl your database.



'1984' they were amateurs compared to Bliar and his gang.

Answer 6

It is going too far - this government has proved it cannot be trusted not to misuse the information.



Also who can use it and in what way? Would you like petty local government bureaucrats to use it the same way as say a Police officer? You have no idea in what way this would be used.

Answer 7

What easier for government than instead of going for the big problem...inefficiency and incompetence by public servants, go after a small problem like this. Now they can stand up in Parliament and say that something is being done to address failing pubic services (who cares if its the wrong thing or that it will cost billions, the majority of British citizens will be unquestioning and welcome this with open arms).

Answer 8

People had better be on guard.

Because Pelosi and her gang want to turn this country into a Socialist Nation.

(Which, by the way, is what Orwell was warning world about in his book, "1984")

Both his books were about Socialist Russia.)



Be sure and read Orwell's book "Animal Farm".

It describes the goals of our Democrat Party exactly.

Please read it.

Answer 9

There are already databases like that now and they are not even Government controlled. The big three credit agencies, your Bank information.



There is nothing wrong with that as long as reasonable precautions are taken.

Answer 10

There are people out there in government that already know everything about you. And have done for a very long time.

Answer 11

Dont we fear the unknown?

Maybe the first scribes also had problems with getting people to accept that information needed to be recorded external to human storage.

Answer 12

Brilliant idea! I don't know why no-one has implemented something like this sooner. I think it is of utmost importance that Britain has some sort of information-sharingf network; it is absolutely essential in this day and age - to combat terrorism, to combat crime, to help prevenr fraud, to ensure the safety of the whole population.

If someone has nothing to hide, then what's the problem?

Answer 13

The information is already there. All that is happening is that it will be held centraly rather than on loads of seperate databases. With regards to it falling into the wrong hands there would only be one opertunity for a leak as opposed to countless as there is now.



if you have done nothing wrong then you have nothing to fear

Answer 14

let me know when so I can give them the finger and get a violation notice from the yahoo special forces

Answer 15

Nothing to hide, no probs with it........



May even make things work a little better



Do you honestly believe that people that want to know about you now can't get the information.........

Answer 16

If you have nothing to hide, why not. Of course they must keep it confidential.

Answer 17

The government wants to be able to decide who goes on which list!...

http://www.gnn.tv/threads/9229/FEMA_DEATHCAMPS_AND_THE_RED_AND_BLUE_LIST_UNDER_MARTIAL_LAW

http://www.global-conspiracies.com/fema_concentration_camps.htm

Answer 18

A VERY VERY BAD IDEA