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There is something called The Central Database that holds over a million pieces of info on every single person in this country.
Ok, fair enough?
Well, when you consider that they monitor everything you do, even down to your spending habits, I find this level of surveillance offensive and disturbing. However, having contacted someone via
www.dataprotection.gov.uk
They have informed me of the following:
Your spending habits are monitored through a variety of means.
Whenever you withdraw cash, that serial number is noted on the database and wherever you spend it is noted as well, this way certain organisations are able to build a profile of you for "business purposes".
They are able to see where you were that day through the location of the ATM you used, where you spent your money and what you liket to spend it on.
This is why junk-mail is tailored to your needs.
Buy a lot of CDs? Recieve Britannia Music Club stuff and so on.
And every single purchase you make with a credit or debit card is also logged and monitored. The following info is stored:
The amount
Where you used the card
What you used the card on
Any previous similar purchases
And how did I even know about this and email the data protection website?
3 weeks ago I bought a tv for my girlfriend, using a Visa card. Not a credit card, but a debit card.
This morning I recieve a letter from the Tv Licensing Agency informing me that "you purchased a television, tv ready PC or similar item and we do not have a license registered from you at this address".
So I buy a tele, that is logged and checked against Gov. records and they deduce I don't have a license.
I find this intrusion and surveillance worrying, offensive and it reeks of a draconian Big Brother system where every single little thing you do and buy is monitored, logged, stored and checked.
Disgusting country that this is.
Ok, fair enough?
Well, when you consider that they monitor everything you do, even down to your spending habits, I find this level of surveillance offensive and disturbing. However, having contacted someone via
www.dataprotection.gov.uk
They have informed me of the following:
Your spending habits are monitored through a variety of means.
Whenever you withdraw cash, that serial number is noted on the database and wherever you spend it is noted as well, this way certain organisations are able to build a profile of you for "business purposes".
They are able to see where you were that day through the location of the ATM you used, where you spent your money and what you liket to spend it on.
This is why junk-mail is tailored to your needs.
Buy a lot of CDs? Recieve Britannia Music Club stuff and so on.
And every single purchase you make with a credit or debit card is also logged and monitored. The following info is stored:
The amount
Where you used the card
What you used the card on
Any previous similar purchases
And how did I even know about this and email the data protection website?
3 weeks ago I bought a tv for my girlfriend, using a Visa card. Not a credit card, but a debit card.
This morning I recieve a letter from the Tv Licensing Agency informing me that "you purchased a television, tv ready PC or similar item and we do not have a license registered from you at this address".
So I buy a tele, that is logged and checked against Gov. records and they deduce I don't have a license.
I find this intrusion and surveillance worrying, offensive and it reeks of a draconian Big Brother system where every single little thing you do and buy is monitored, logged, stored and checked.
Disgusting country that this is.
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I bought a new telly not too long ago, and they sent me that "You do not have a licence" rubbish, even though we have a licence, its just not n my name. But it is at my address.
A little research would save them a lot of money. Spanners!
A little research would save them a lot of money. Spanners!
Goatboy wrote:
On a variation, although I am unsure of the
> name of it, there is a system operated out of Memworth Hill
> Listening Base (owned by UK, operated by USA Defence Contract)
This is to get around various 'spying' laws that say you can't do this level of survielance on people in your own country - something like that, anyway. Basically the USA monitors our phone lines, and we monitor theres.
> that monitors 2.5 millions phone lines and is activated by certain
> keywords like:
Assassinate
Saddam
> Hussein
IRA
Semtex
Bomb
I'm thinking of getting a pet, and calling it Semtex, just so I can say Semtex on the phone to my wife all of the time.
"Semtex blew chunks? Oh dear, did you clear up the mess?"
On a variation, although I am unsure of the
> name of it, there is a system operated out of Memworth Hill
> Listening Base (owned by UK, operated by USA Defence Contract)
This is to get around various 'spying' laws that say you can't do this level of survielance on people in your own country - something like that, anyway. Basically the USA monitors our phone lines, and we monitor theres.
> that monitors 2.5 millions phone lines and is activated by certain
> keywords like:
Assassinate
Saddam
> Hussein
IRA
Semtex
Bomb
I'm thinking of getting a pet, and calling it Semtex, just so I can say Semtex on the phone to my wife all of the time.
"Semtex blew chunks? Oh dear, did you clear up the mess?"
Ant wrote:
> On the subject of being paranoid...
Do any of you try and act
> really...'normal' when you see a policeman?? For some reason my
> anxiety drives go into overload when I see a Policeman walking along
> the street, and I end up whistling when I walk past them.
Heh, I go extra paranoid on purpose sometimes, just for a laugh! I stop, make eye contact and run off in the other direction; when in shops I catch the security cameras attraction and walk about suspiciously putting my hand in my jacket etc, and continue to look over my shoulder.
Man it's funny.
> On the subject of being paranoid...
Do any of you try and act
> really...'normal' when you see a policeman?? For some reason my
> anxiety drives go into overload when I see a Policeman walking along
> the street, and I end up whistling when I walk past them.
Heh, I go extra paranoid on purpose sometimes, just for a laugh! I stop, make eye contact and run off in the other direction; when in shops I catch the security cameras attraction and walk about suspiciously putting my hand in my jacket etc, and continue to look over my shoulder.
Man it's funny.
Give us the punchline then.
Its a joke
Try doing that at 28.
Ant wrote:
> On the subject of being paranoid...
Do any of you try and act
> really...'normal' when you see a policeman?? For some reason my
> anxiety drives go into overload when I see a Policeman walking along
> the street, and I end up whistling when I walk past them.
Haha.
Once when I was younger and stupider I decided to run away from the police to see if they followed. They did and I had to explain that i had not done anything illegal. Very scary experience when you are 11.
> On the subject of being paranoid...
Do any of you try and act
> really...'normal' when you see a policeman?? For some reason my
> anxiety drives go into overload when I see a Policeman walking along
> the street, and I end up whistling when I walk past them.
Haha.
Once when I was younger and stupider I decided to run away from the police to see if they followed. They did and I had to explain that i had not done anything illegal. Very scary experience when you are 11.
On the subject of being paranoid...
Do any of you try and act really...'normal' when you see a policeman?? For some reason my anxiety drives go into overload when I see a Policeman walking along the street, and I end up whistling when I walk past them.
Do any of you try and act really...'normal' when you see a policeman?? For some reason my anxiety drives go into overload when I see a Policeman walking along the street, and I end up whistling when I walk past them.
They'd get bored of watching and leave me alone, that's for sure.
Either that or a million web-sites with MPEG movies would circulate throughout the world's work forces.
Either that or a million web-sites with MPEG movies would circulate throughout the world's work forces.
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