American company win the £150m contract to run the UK census,CIA have total
access to all these UK records? We just pass this information over..
Because All US-based companies are subject to the Patriot Act, which allows the US government to have access to any data in the company's possession.
Lockheed Martin won the £150m contract to run the census on behalf of the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/19/census-boycott-lockheed-martin?CMP=twt_fd
"The really worrying thing is the fact that the information being collected in the next census – including new questions on sources of income and place of birth [to help monitor immigration] – would be ideal fodder for anti-terror analyses"
"and could lead to a faraway database identifying thousands of us as potential 'threats'."
access to all these UK records? We just pass this information over..
Because All US-based companies are subject to the Patriot Act, which allows the US government to have access to any data in the company's possession.
Lockheed Martin won the £150m contract to run the census on behalf of the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/19/census-boycott-lockheed-martin?CMP=twt_fd
"The really worrying thing is the fact that the information being collected in the next census – including new questions on sources of income and place of birth [to help monitor immigration] – would be ideal fodder for anti-terror analyses"
"and could lead to a faraway database identifying thousands of us as potential 'threats'."