I can understand your concerns.
However I work for the forementioned company and since it is a government intiative with the contracted help of a private sector company, it has a very strict process. Obviously I cannot go into intricate detail but I can confirm, as assumed by mccalli, your information is obfuscated to 99% of the people who handle it, be it in this country or another. Also all parties have government CTC clearance or a synonymous international equivalent. Then the information is processed by bodies which already HAVE the information. i.e. Local Police/National Identification Service.
The only question is, are the government keeping this information. But that could be said in several scenarios these days, and amounts to the age-old "is big brother watching."
The answer is simple, if they were willing to break several EU and Data Protection Laws, then yes, once again Big Brother is watching. Quick somebody call Robert Redford.
Alas, as far as this process goes, your information hasnt exchanged into any NEW hands.
Regards
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I can understand your concerns. However I work for the forementioned company and since it is a government intiative with the contracted help of a private sector company, it has a very strict process. Obviously I cannot go into intricate detail but I can confirm, as assumed by mccalli, your information is obfuscated to 99% of the people who handle it, be it in this country or another. Also all parties have government CTC clearance or a synonymous international equivalent. Then the information is processed by bodies which already HAVE the information. i.e. Local Police/National Identification Service. The only question is, are the government keeping this information. But that could be said in several scenarios these days, and amounts to the age-old "is big brother watching." The answer is simple, if they were willing to break several EU and Data Protection Laws, then yes, once again Big Brother is watching. Quick somebody call Robert Redford. Alas, as far as this process goes, your information hasnt exchanged into any NEW hands. Regards