Given the new laws the scumfuck government in the UK are planning (the RIP Act), any data held by any company in the UK can be requested for the purposes of anyone the Home Secretary decides can have it.
The real reason for RIP is tax collection. Since the big stores here told the Inland Revnue to go fuck itself when it asked for the "lifestyle" details from their loyalty cards, it has been itching to get at those data.
And now it will have a free hand.
If that doesn't scare the shit out of you, then I don't know what will.
Slashdot Mirror
Given the new laws the scumfuck government in the UK are planning (the RIP Act), any data held by any company in the UK can be requested for the purposes of anyone the Home Secretary decides can have it.
The real reason for RIP is tax collection. Since the big stores here told the Inland Revnue to go fuck itself when it asked for the "lifestyle" details from their loyalty cards, it has been itching to get at those data.
And now it will have a free hand.
If that doesn't scare the shit out of you, then I don't know what will.