VoteRonaldRayGun

Hi,

I've worked on privacy and data policy, but one issue that comes up every time government use of data appears is privacy.

I'm wondering how you think governments can better balance the need for transparency, good use of data, and personal privacy? Especially as the goals of transparency and privacy can often conflict with each other.

baby lawyers

For some reason I prefer this to 'junior.'

You would be amazed at how people can be identified with very little information.

If we have three sets of information; A, B, and C, but we remove A because it's directly identifiable stuff, that still leaves us with two sets of data. On their own, B and C might be anonymous. However combining both B and C which are used in separate places, could well allow people to be identified.

So even seemingly innocent information needs to be kept under strict confidentiality.

The DA can also be pretty damn aggressive. It's more like two extremes trying to balance out.

In Australia all lawyers have a first duty to the court, which I feel discourages the underhanded stuff seen in America.

No, Starbucks has always had a corporate open door policy, but individual managers and so forth essentially enforced their own.