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Police Backdoor To New ( H S C I C ) Medical Data?
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HSCIC = Health and Social Care Information Centre (aka care.data)
Further to two (or more?) recent threads, here's news about potential for Police-State-like powers to access your medical data without any requirement for you to be suspected of anything and, hence, no requirement for a warrant.
I can forsee no possible anti-terrorism benefit from knowing things about you such as your
Date of Birth
NHS number
Postcode
Gender
Sexual orientation
History of STIs
History of alcohol/substance misuse
History of depression
Suicidality
Other mental illness (this whole story is Paranoia city, to be honest!)
Allergies
Other illness vulnerabilities/tendencies
By contrast, they are currently up to their ears with petitioners, political activists and journalists getting under their skin and want the Police to be able to fish around for weaknesses which can be plastered all over the papers to tear these people down.
http:// www.the guardia n.com/s ociety/ 2014/fe b/06/po lice-ba ckdoor- access- nhs-hea lth-rec ords
Previous threads: -
http:// www.the answerb ank.co. uk/Chat terBank /Questi on13112 36.html
http:// www.the answerb ank.co. uk/Chat terBank /Questi on13130 08.html
These cover more general aspects of a new database and personal reactions to it. I'm hoping this thread can concentrate on the ethical/legal aspects of Police access to your data.
Further to two (or more?) recent threads, here's news about potential for Police-State-like powers to access your medical data without any requirement for you to be suspected of anything and, hence, no requirement for a warrant.
I can forsee no possible anti-terrorism benefit from knowing things about you such as your
Date of Birth
NHS number
Postcode
Gender
Sexual orientation
History of STIs
History of alcohol/substance misuse
History of depression
Suicidality
Other mental illness (this whole story is Paranoia city, to be honest!)
Allergies
Other illness vulnerabilities/tendencies
By contrast, they are currently up to their ears with petitioners, political activists and journalists getting under their skin and want the Police to be able to fish around for weaknesses which can be plastered all over the papers to tear these people down.
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Previous threads: -
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These cover more general aspects of a new database and personal reactions to it. I'm hoping this thread can concentrate on the ethical/legal aspects of Police access to your data.
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Opt-out letter (pdf, doc, rtf formats)
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I think that some people believe that the use of their details on a care.data system will be a life saver for them , should they be taken suddenly ill away from their local GP. Very naive in my view. I for one, do not think that the survival of any individual is that important to a government and health care provision in any country.
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