Almost entirely off-topic rant - apologies in advance:::

[Adrian Midgley]

On Wednesday 31 July 2002 09:52, you wrote:
> We'll have to see.
>
> The first sign of any action that allows central government to centrall=
y
> collate large volumes of un-anonymised school information, or to give
> the SoS discretion of the use of such data would, I suggest, be a stron=
g
> indicator.

School data is less sensitive than health data, and the SoS has already=20
acquired those powers for health data.

Hmm.  I wonder if the new NHS card/citizen ID will have a digitised=20
fingerprint in it so you don't have to fill in the back of prescription f=
orms=20
to show you are who you say you are, just prod a plate.  (with a model fi=
nger)

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