GiRFEC: Data linkages and databases

From Professor Bill Buchanan:

"And for the ownership of the data … well surely the end game is that it is our data, and we must have some rights on how it is to be used? For just now, that seems one step too far, but in this Information Age we need to start to move to a place where, at least, we can have access to it, and then move to a point that we can have ownership of it, and actually define who we trust to access it. That is a quantum leap, but it is a natural one for the future. It is a massive leap, but it will surely be worth it!"

"With the first steps taken towards assessing risks around children, and other potential risk assessors, the opportunity for gathering information in aggregated and centralised databases gives opportunities for detecting genuine risk, on the other hand it risks us all being spied on. When I first started in academia we kept all our assessments on students secret, and there was never a notion that students can actually review what we have said about them. These days, we have extensive feedback, and we have to justify all the grades that we allocate. So The Children and Young People Bill needs to be watched carefully, in order to protect the rights of us all."

http://billatnapier.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/risk-assessment-in-the-public-sector-big-data-or-big-brother/

See https://theconversation.com/cloud-data-makes-life-easier-for-government-spooks-and-the-law-gives-them-a-free-pass-31696

and: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/datalinkageframework

and http://www.epractice.eu/en/cases/strategic-0