A dead duck? (Was RIP s22 notices SI)

[Richard D G Cox]

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:04:24 +0200, "Bettina Jodda (Twister)" <twister@stop1984.com> wrote:
> I think until some people will not get any life insurance because their
> data shows that they have bought too much wine so far (for example)

I do get rather worried about this one, as until recently I did all the
buying of cheese and wine for the PTA functions ;-))  It was bad enough
when the Inland Revenue wanted to see all the Tesco ClubCard records!

Getting the computer data is one thing; getting it without the ability
to properly understand it has to be a far more serious issue.  My first
case as a court expert involved a police officer who had obtained some
telephone call information from (then) the Post Office through the back
door; unfortunately as he had not had the information through the proper
channels, he had completely misinterpreted the data he was looking at!

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Richard D G Cox <Richard.Cox@mandarin.org>