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Classic example of what not to do. In response to Britain’s loss of CDs containing personal information of half the population, an individual published his own bank details in a newspaper to hammer home the point that his money was still safe and the spectre of identity theft a sham. He also gave instructions on how to find his address on the electoral roll and details about the car he drives.

But the story goes he lost £500 “…after an unidentified reader copied his details to set up a £500 direct debit payable from his account to the British Diabetic Association. The charity is one of many organisations which does not need a signature to set up a direct debit.”

Via Centennial-man.blogspot.com/

via schreiner.com

Compare last year’s ranking of country privacy protections with this year’s. Specifically, look at Canada’s ranking. Then look at America. Then Russia. Then China. Uh…do you see a connection?

Certainly, Canada’s ranking is being impacted by our inability to resist American surveillance. And isn’t that a perfect picture: America = Russia = China. lol.

For kicks check out Japan too. Better but I love the “euphemism” — ‘failure to uphold standards’. As in, we got’em…we just don’t know what to do with ‘em.

Bruce Schneier writes the best review I’ve seen so far of Britain’s “privacy Chernobyl” where a low-level government employee mailed a copy of the entire national child database to the National Audit Office in London — and they were lost in the process.

Rule of thumb? Data minimization.