Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Gaping 'open data' loophole could leave your privates on display

Gaping 'open data' loophole could leave your privates on display:

Gov's white paper calls open season on enforced subject access

The government has just published its ideas for allowing general access to data (which includes the intention to allow individuals online access to their own personal data). In general, I support this measure but sadly, the Open Data White Paper (PDF) has not even considered that it has widened the privacy problems associated with “enforced subject access”*.…