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Wired reports on the opening to third parties of England's national-pupil-database:
Data relating to every school pupil in England is now available for use by private companies thanks to a change in legislation implemented last year. The move is part of a wider government initiative to "marketise" data, which includes initiatives such as the much-criticised Care.data and the selling off of taxpayer data by HMRC.
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O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.
-- Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure", II, 2
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday April 29 2014, @03:48PM
A concrete example of this would be .com has a ridiculous idea that SS numbers, moms maiden name, my first car, grandfather's nickname, the city name my high school / grade school was located in, street name I lived on as a kid, all that stuff is private and supposedly only I know it.
It is, of course, at this point public knowledge to anyone who cares to look.
(Score: 1) by Buck Feta on Tuesday April 29 2014, @04:03PM
Your rockstar name is your mother's maiden name + the first street you lived on + your social security number.
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