Secrets For Sale
Posted November 22nd, 2005 by quarsan
In the previous post I discussed the Gasto 2 vehicle monitoring system and it's implications for privacy.
Well, here's some real world problems:
The Government is at the centre of a 'secrets for sale' scandal after it admitted offering sensitive details about millions of motorists to private car parking companies.
A Mail on Sunday investigation found that more than 150 firms have been granted access to an official database of confidential information about Britain's 30 million drivers.
Sanderson Computing
Sanderson Computing inbstalled a system at Trafford centre Manchester. This identifies EVERY car entering and checks car and known drivers connected with PNC and DVLC and maybe other databases.
They had lengthy article on their website which I copied but lost somehwere and when I re-looked it had been removed.
There are details of the mobile police patrols on www.bigbro.blogspot.com which have a suitable equipped van which Lancs Police have been using.
Principal reason why drug couriers move drugs in hire cars/vans on say runs Oldham / Glasgow.
A few years back, long
A few years back, long before this sort of technology, a chum was stopped by the police for speeding a bit; they took his licence back to the traffic car, returning shortly to let him on his way with a caution - "Watch your speed, you're not in the Navy now". Which was true he wasn't, had left a year before, but how did they know that? He has, as far as he is aware, no criminal record and was not 'known to the police' as they say.