Personal data safe in Labour's hands?

[northernladuk]

But to be fair you have to ask would your data be safe in the hands of any other party!

[SueEllen]

I believe that the PO only needs name, post code and street number to get post to you.

They didn't even use to need that.

What you use to be able to do is put someone's firstname on a letter plus the town they lived in and describe the property then the letter would get to them.

Unfortunately now they do need that info as the postman are delivering to roads they are not use to delivering to due to efficiency savings.

[Sysman]

'ere we go again:

Labour was today caught up in a new row over its use of personal data after e-mailing NHS professionals using their work addresses to ask for their support.

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One of those who received the latest communication, a doctor, has complained that senior Labour figures are trying to pressure her into publicly backing the party against her will.

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She added: “I am angry that they have e-mailed me at my work e-mail address and would very much like to know how they have obtained confidential NHS e-mail addresses. You might be interested to investigate a. where they obtained these addresses [and] b. whether it is appropriate to use the addresses in this party political way. Needless to say I do not support the petition!”

[Sysman]

And zip codes are huge compared to postcodes - often being entire towns or neighbourhoods within cities.

I believe that the PO only needs name, post code and street number to get post to you.

[eliquant]

"Personal data safe in Labour's hands?"

Nope, next ...

[GreenerGrass]

That's pretty sick even by Labour standards.

[centurian]

And zip codes are huge compared to postcodes - often being entire towns or neighbourhoods within cities.

[Sysman]

A postcode is often just a few dozen properties, so it's no wonder that someone can cross reference information like this together if some tulip-wit in the NHS considers a postcode to be anonymous.

What Information is "Personally Identifiable"?

the combination of (gender, ZIP code, birthdate) was unique for about 87% of the U.S. population

A Primer on Information Theory and Privacy

[minestrone]

I have long argued that there needs to be a national database on this site but I just cannot trust labour to even come close to doing that properly. Bunch of fannies.

[centurian]

The data management company Experian confirmed that both Labour and the Conservatives use its Mosaic database, which divides voters into 67 groups and identifies likely cancer patients using anonymised hospital statistics, including postcodes and the diagnoses of patients.

A postcode is often just a few dozen properties, so it's no wonder that someone can cross reference information like this together if some tulip-wit in the NHS considers a postcode to be anonymous.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Sminki

How anyone would ever want these frackers to have even one seat in Parliament is beyond me.