New Labour are constantly assuring us that the big brother technology being rolled out will have controls which ensure that our personal data remains secure. The track record is abysmal.

The following are links to articles on breaches of information security.

10/11/2009 – The Daily Telegraph – State to ’spy’ on every phone call, email and web search

17/08/2009 – The Daily Telegraph – Hacking and identity theft ring busted after stealing 130m credit card numbers

19/06/2009 – BBC                            - Personal data exposed on website

25/05/2009 – The Independent – NHS ‘loses’ thousands of medical records

27/05/2009 – The Independent – Database blacklist saw thousands denied jobs