The UK Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is considering legislation allowing the release of anonymized tax data to companies, researchers and public bodies reports The World Socialist Web Site.
The government insists personal data will be protected, but HMRC has already been responsible for major breaches of personal data. These included the 2007 loss of discs relating to child benefit claimants, containing personal information about 25 million people.
A similar situation in the UK National Health Service (NHS) is more developed. In February the government suspended the Care.data scheme just weeks before its implementation. The decision followed criticism of the lack of comprehensible and transparent information, but it only delayed the scheme until September. It is now reported that Care.data will be launched with autumn trials at between 100 and 500 General Practitioner practices.
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The central database will be the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) in Leeds. HSCIC claims all records are kept confidentially, but where the leaflet mentioned only postcode and NHS number for linking records, HSCIC also identifies date of birth and gender.
The data will include medical diagnoses and complications, specialist referrals, prescriptions, family history, screening results, blood tests, BMI, smoking habits and alcohol consumption. It is a massive collection of personal information.
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