California SSN and Encryption

[Mary Hawking]

In article <0207131533070M.04320@osborne>, Adrian Midgley 
<akm@92tr.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>On Saturday 13 July 2002 08:12, you wrote:
>
>> It's a suggestion that using an NI number at all, apart from its core
>> use, is either a breach of the third principle, or of Crown Copyright,
>> or both.
>
>Perhaps applicable to NHS Numbers.

I'm sure they'll get round this, as far as NHS numbers goes. (which 
shouldn't be revealed to patients.. or so we were told.. because they 
are Crown Copyright and confidential)
Why go to the expense of developing yet another identifier when everyone 
has been allotted an NHS number - and to make life even easier, every 
time you register with a GP, your address is updated?
The old NHS numbers were recycled wartime identity card numbers.. here 
we go again!
Mary Hawking
>

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