Comments on: Blair 2 + Experian in toxic soup shocker http://idealgovernment.com/2009/08/blair_2_experian_in_toxic_soup_shocker/ What do we want from Internet-age government? Wouldn't it be better if... Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:35:48 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jerry http://idealgovernment.com/2009/08/blair_2_experian_in_toxic_soup_shocker/comment-page-1/#comment-2845 Jerry Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:17:27 +0000 blair_2_experian_in_toxic_soup_shocker#comment-2845 "...ruled that the civil service cannot be found liable for the damage caused by its record keeping mistakes." That cannot be allowed to stand. Everyone, in any walk of life, needs to be accountable for their actions and not placed above the law. If this is not over-turned, it may be that Parliament will need to act to correct this. I also thought it was an offence under the data protection act to hold wrong or false information on systems? If so, isn't that an offence in itself? “…ruled that the civil service cannot be found liable for the damage caused by its record keeping mistakes.”

That cannot be allowed to stand. Everyone, in any walk of life, needs to be accountable for their actions and not placed above the law. If this is not over-turned, it may be that Parliament will need to act to correct this.

I also thought it was an offence under the data protection act to hold wrong or false information on systems? If so, isn’t that an offence in itself?

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