Bodes well for the National Identity Register, doesn't it?

From The Mail comes news of a report by the British Computer Society that informs us that:

"DNA database - ...contains more than half a million inaccurate entries"

"Research by IT specialists found 4 per cent of the population - almost two million people - had discovered incorrect information stored under their name by Whitehall or local authorities.

The total climbs even higher when partial or incomplete information is included.

The British Computer Society said this left different departments holding conflicting pieces of information about a person.

When they tried to share information, it led to "mismatches" in an alarming 20 per cent of cases."


Do you trust Government with your data? I don't.