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[PeteM]

Peter Tomlinson wrote:
> 
> (A note about data errors: my local health centre has the incorrect 
> spelling for the name of my street - not an alternative, just wrong: 
> there is a letter missing from the name. Asked to correct it, they said 
> they cannot. Will I thus become a non-person when the data gets uploaded 
> to the big database?)
> 

It will be especially entertaining for people whose Spine records are 
mistakenly labelled "deceased". Not only will they not be able to get 
any more NHS treatment, but their demise will be communicated to DWP who 
will stop their benefits and pensions and cancel their NI cards so that 
they can't work. DVLA will have to be told, so that their driving 
licenses can be suspended. HMRC in turn will be informed and will freeze 
all relevant bank accounts. Their ID cards will of course be cancelled 
as a matter of routine.

After that there won't be any way for them to complain that a mistake 
has been made, because the National Identity Register system is designed 
to reject complaints apparently coming from a deceased person. And 
no-one else can complain on their behalf, because that would be against 
the Data Protection Act.

The unfortunate non-citizen will then have to go and live on roots and 
berries in the woods. Like Doc Daneeka in "Catch 22".

-- 
Pete Mitchell