In a post on his blog, Ray Poynter mantions that the BBC have a detailed article about the sort of data that is being held on ordinary citizens.
"Researcher Niamh Gallagher estimates that the average economically active person is on 700 databases. At present there seems to be two trends. The first is a growing .. risk of identify fraud. The second ... is that people are handing over every larger amounts of personal information in oder to receive more tailored and personalised services".
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