Proper Data Uses Of Credit Card Data

Proper Data Uses Of Credit Card Data

Mainstream: Privacy and data capture/storage/usage

A credit card gathers an awful lot of information. Here is my summary of my thoughts on:

1) Who should use it.
2) What it should be used for.

Who Should Use It?

First only people I feel comfortable with.
Second only people I have agreed to.
Third only people I might expect.


What should it be used for?

First it should never be used against me.
Second it should be used to benefit me.


The data can be used to provide the contracted service. It can also be used to provide the benefit of targeted offers. Finally it can be used to provide feedback to improve corporate offerings.

Rufus Evison
ReasonedRants.BlogSpot.Com

DNA Database is poorly conceived

Innocences is no defence against large numbers.

Mainstream, Justice system, Evidence and Privacy

The DNA database is a poorly thought out and ill considered idea. I am not talking about the privacy implications. I am talking about evidence to implicate innocent people in crimes they know nothing about.

The combinatorics of large numbers means that if you have a large database you will have people who are innocent being falsely implicated. The risk of this happening in the future grows exponentially as the size of the database grows. Given the number of prosecutions using evidence from the database that already exists I am not at all sure it has not already happened.


Rufus Evison
ReasonedRants.Blogspot.Com

For more information about the reasoning see http://reasonedrants.blogspot.com/2007/09/dna-databases-sending-innocent-people.html