2.6+Access+to,+and+updating+of,+personal+information+held+on+government+databases

= = =** STRAND 2: Politics and government > ** Access to, and updating of, personal information held on government databases = Collection, storage and updating of personal data: for example, driving licence, TV licence, tax returns, passport applications and renewals, medical records, military service records, social security information, online police records.



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retention systems, otherwise known as "databases." Databases make information instantly accessible and have sparked a revolution in the business world, increasing productivity and profitability. This technology also revolutionized the way government does business, but with dubious results. Across the globe, governments are moving to create centralized databases containing sensitive, personal information. As usual, they have failed to learn from mistakes of both the past and the present. ||  || Google Mashup Map of your local area - similar applications are now on Smartphones including AreYouSafe. ||  || is this an infringement on Human rights or a correct way to securely store data to solve crimes. ||  ||
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 * Reliability of Centralised Databases Data || GIGO can have real affects on your everyday life. ||  ||
 * The Case Against Centralisation || "In the 1950s, computer makers pioneered information collection and
 * Online Crime Statistics with Mashup || Online police statistics - visualised using an open API to produce a
 * DNA Database and Privacy and Security || The largest DNA database in the worl which is continually expanding

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biometric identification card and number in order to combat crime and corruption."
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 * ====Is Facebook the best centralised database system====

that could be invented for government organisations like the CIA?
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 * Staff could undermine the security of centralised databases - great video explaining the issues. || media type="custom" key="8505648" ||
 * Agent Praises Killing Of Freedom For Total Surveillance - scary news broadcast. || media type="youtube" key="N-WK2KtxHfQ?fs=1" height="390" width="480" ||

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