BBC medical records story

[Peter Tomlinson]

"David Hansen" <davidh@spidacom.co.uk> wrote:
> On 7 Mar 2002 at 22:58, Peter Tomlinson wrote:
>
> > 1. There is an emerging consensus, certainly in Europe, that
> > information carried on a citizen's card must be backed up somewhere,
> > so that the card can be recreated (and, as far as the ethical public
> > sector is concerned, so that problems can be solved by analysing the
> > records).
>
> This goes back to the "we can't trust people" approach of government
> and other large organisations. It's highly unlikely that problems can
> be solved by analysing the central records. I doubt very much if the
> smart card will have a journal, so no doubt if there is a disparity
> between the card and government the central records will be believed.
> We know from banks the problems this can cause, it's an old problem
> that is no nearer solution.
>

No, it doesn't go back to lack of trust in the people, at least not in the
documents that I have seen from the EC. The intention is citizen-centric.

Cards being issued today in the western hemisphere don't have room for an
audit trail, but the large memory cards will be able to do that.

Peter