I am sure that I am not the only person to be worried about the latest finding of the Database State,a report commissioned into the various information databases held by the government.
The report by the Rowntree reform trust looked at 46 central databases operated by the government and found that a quarter are almost certainly illegal and should be scrapped or substantially redesigned.
Furthermore only 15 per cent of them are deemed to be either effective,proportionate and or necessary.
Amongst the databases given a red status ie that they should be scrapped are the national DNA database,the national identity register,the national index for all children in England and the NHS detailed care record.
Maybe what worries me more is this story coinciding with the government's plans to train up to 60,000 non professionals in terrorism prevention policy including securicor men and hotel staff.
Only two gained a green coding and these were the TV licensing system and the National fingerprint database.
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