Comments on: It’s NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!!!! Keeping your medical records private http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: moragthemindbender http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-62 moragthemindbender Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:58:03 +0000 http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-62 Thanks a million Andrew. Blogging is doing wonders for my stress levels and lowering my blood pressure! :) Thanks a million Andrew. Blogging is doing wonders for my stress levels and lowering my blood pressure! :)

]]> By: Andrew Allison http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-57 Andrew Allison Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:28:17 +0000 http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-57 I make a rule never to swear in my blog or in comments in other peoples' blogs; unless I think it is absolutely neccesary. My reply to you, therefore, is; 'bloody brilliant.' I am sick and tired of this government infringing my rights to confidentiality, speech and expression. It does cause me distress and I will contact the Secretary of State for Health, and I will also tell him all of the anti-libertarian policies have caused me stress as well. Keep up the good work. I make a rule never to swear in my blog or in comments in other peoples’ blogs; unless I think it is absolutely neccesary. My reply to you, therefore, is; ‘bloody brilliant.’ I am sick and tired of this government infringing my rights to confidentiality, speech and expression. It does cause me distress and I will contact the Secretary of State for Health, and I will also tell him all of the anti-libertarian policies have caused me stress as well. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Bel is thinking : Blog Archive : NHS computer database to go ahead http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-54 Bel is thinking : Blog Archive : NHS computer database to go ahead Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:30:58 +0000 http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-54 [...] You will not be surprised to hear that I oppose this database. For much the same reasons that I opposed identity cards: an unwarranted intrusion into our lives by the state. Unlike the Government, I don’t think this will protect patient confidentiality. Rather the opposite. There are many other reasons that this scheme should be opposed. Morag the Mindbender wrote an excellent post a while ago, summarising the arguments against the database. [...] [...] You will not be surprised to hear that I oppose this database. For much the same reasons that I opposed identity cards: an unwarranted intrusion into our lives by the state. Unlike the Government, I don’t think this will protect patient confidentiality. Rather the opposite. There are many other reasons that this scheme should be opposed. Morag the Mindbender wrote an excellent post a while ago, summarising the arguments against the database. [...]

]]> By: David http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-27 David Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:08:13 +0000 http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-27 A single curoiusity, will Tony and his friends and family be happy that all thier records be stored with the masses? After all it's safe. Isn't it...? A single curoiusity, will Tony and his friends and family be happy that all thier records be stored with the masses? After all it’s safe. Isn’t it…?

]]> By: Ray http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-24 Ray Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:33:18 +0000 http://morag.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/it%e2%80%99s-none-of-your-damn-business-keeping-your-medical-records-private/#comment-24 In total agreement there, Morag, well, almost. Point 6 about 'adequate criminal penalties'. We have more criminal laws in our penal code than we know what to do with. No need for any more. On the general privacy issue, I am 100 per cent with you. In fact, because that is so strong an argument against this 'scheme', I would not even seek to add another reason. On that one ground alone (ie our privacy is paramount, and no business of the State), this idea should be dismissed. But will it? This Government has a rapacious appetite for two things, a) our money b) snooping into our lives. When these two things collide (as they will in this case when the Government start selling our data), we will be well on the road to a very tricky place. In total agreement there, Morag, well, almost. Point 6 about ‘adequate criminal penalties’. We have more criminal laws in our penal code than we know what to do with. No need for any more.

On the general privacy issue, I am 100 per cent with you. In fact, because that is so strong an argument against this ’scheme’, I would not even seek to add another reason. On that one ground alone (ie our privacy is paramount, and no business of the State), this idea should be dismissed.

But will it? This Government has a rapacious appetite for two things, a) our money b) snooping into our lives. When these two things collide (as they will in this case when the Government start selling our data), we will be well on the road to a very tricky place.

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