I think you’re asking for more regulation. And rightly, in my view. The Information Commissioner has finally started to impose some (albeit pretty small) sanctions on companies who mistreat data. Perhaps we’re moving this way. Also the coalition government seems to be replacing some of the safeguards removed by New Labour.

Thanks again.

David

Accountability is the key here and I feel this is the angle that more usefully should have been followed up. This film could then have made a real difference. Companies and organisations must be fully accountable for the information they hold and should any of this information be proven to be incorrect, no matter the cause, massive fines or other sanctions should be in place. The emphasis should be not on how much information there is but how much is correct and corroborated.

Humans are ultimately self serving – who of us choses to pay taxes but how could we live without paying them.

The only reason to complain about how much information is “held” on you is in case it falls into the wrong hands and is used fraudulently against you. It should be the case that all companies or organisations that hold information about you are sanctioned should this information be used fraudulently – no matter who’s fault.

Interested in the “media” part of the statement too. All those who produce any incorrect of false information should be heavily sanctioned one way or another. This is not to stifle opinion – a persons opinion is fine as long as it is factually correct and can be supported with evidence.

Nevertheless Mr. Bond and interesting and thought provoking story and definitely a cut above many documentaries seen on TV for a long time. Have never before been moved to respond on this sort of forum.

The main question … is not what motive inspired the law, but what it will be possible for men of bad motive to do with the law …”

“Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.”

“The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.”

“Once governments have been done away with and society’s wealth placed at the disposal of all, all of the antagonism between different peoples will very quickly evaporate and there will be no more justification for war.”

“At all times and everywhere,
whatever the name by which government has been known, whatever its origins and its organization, its essential function has always been that of oppressing and exploiting the masses and defending the oppressors and usurpers: its chief organs and vital characteristics are the gendarme and tax-collector, the soldier and the jailer, unfailingly joined by the peddler of lies, priest or professor, paid and protected by the government to enslave the minds of the people and make them suffer the yoke of oppression without complaint.”

We don`t complain anywhere near enough in the UK. That`s why we are in the position we are in , with CCTV on every corner, our privacy and rights taken from us.

We have a choice – please remember this and include it in your next film. Cheers, peace, Matt xx