superdatabase

But the report is silent on proposals from Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, for a "superdatabase" tracking everybody's emails, calls, texts and internet use and from Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to lower barriers on the widespread sharing of personal data across the public sector.

Boing Boing 2009

The government has unveiled plans for a private company to run a "superdatabase" that will track all our emails, calls, texts, internet use and so on.

"cc all your emails to Jacqui Smith" Day FIDO The Dog 2009

"... the report is silent on proposals from Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, for a" superdatabase "tracking everybody's emails, calls, texts and internet use, and from Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to lower barriers on the widespread sharing of personal data across the public sector."

Wonderland 2009

"... the report is silent on proposals from Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, for a" superdatabase "tracking everybody's emails, calls, texts and internet use, and from Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to lower barriers on the widespread sharing of personal data across the public sector."

Wonderland 2009

"superdatabase" tracking everybody's emails, calls, texts and internet use and from Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to lower barriers on the widespread sharing of personal data across the public sector.

The Guardian World News 2009

"superdatabase" tracking everybody's emails, calls, texts and internet use and from Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to lower barriers on the widespread sharing of personal data across the public sector.

Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009

But in his strongest criticism yet of the superdatabase, Sir Ken Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, who has firsthand experience of working with intelligence and law enforcement agencies, told the Guardian such assurances would prove worthless in the long run and warned it would prove a "hellhouse" of personal private information.

RINF Alternative News Media: Daily Breaking News 2009

External estimates of the cost of the superdatabase have been put as high as £12bn, twice the cost of the ID cards scheme, and the consultation paper, to be published towards the end of next month, will include an option of putting it into the hands of the private sector in an effort to cut costs.

RINF Alternative News Media: Daily Breaking News 2009

The Home Office's interception modernisation programme, which is working on the superdatabase proposal, argues that it is no longer good enough for communications companies to be left to retrieve such data when requested by the police and intelligence services.

RINF Alternative News Media: Daily Breaking News 2009

But in his strongest criticism yet of the superdatabase, Sir Ken Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, who has firsthand experience of working with intelligence and law enforcement agencies, told the Guardian such assurances would prove worthless in the long run and warned it would prove a "hellhouse" of personal private information.

cryptogon.com 2009