Phil Booth Profile picture
Oct 30 4 tweets 2 min read
And it's far worse than some 'technical breach':

#Inhuman mistreatment *knowingly* in breach of the law:

This, from the former chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales:

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Phil Booth

Phil Booth Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @EinsteinsAttic

Nov 1
While the chaos of '#AcceleratedCitizensAccess' to #GPrecords continues to unfold:



...we've come across some perturbing items on the agenda for @NHSDigital's Board meeting this afternoon 👇 which I'll pick up on in this [Thread].

nhs-prod.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/conte… Image
First, beginning on page 158, are some Directions that @NHSEngland must know will be HIGHLY controversial - given they are telling @NHSDigital to use @PalantirTech's #Foundry to collect *patient level identifiable data* from hospitals... 1 Executive Summary  NHS En...
I'll tweet as I do a read-through, but even these first two paragraphs are incoherent, e.g. "...in a way that will enable." Enable what?

And if @NHSEngland Directs NHSD to use #Palantir, NHSE is *determining the purposes and means of processing* - i.e. it is a #DataController... Whether you are a controlle...
Read 21 tweets
Oct 30
Hmm. Why would @ukhomeoffice choose to announce this today:

gov.uk/government/new…

...making explicit reference to "the findings from the Independent Review of #Prevent, led by William Shawcross", WITHOUT PUBLISHING THE REVIEW?
It's not like publication of the #PreventReview wasn't long overdue *nearly a year ago*...

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

From December 2021: Review of Prevent counter-e...
...and yet, despite having been submitted to @pritipatel in April 👇, and #leaked in May 2022:

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/m…

...and then #teased in September:

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/… The findings of the report,...
Read 5 tweets
Oct 25
HT @LisaMWatki for prompting this [Thread] 👇 on the #OurFutureHealth letter/leaflet some of you may be receiving, which appears to omit a few important details...
Those of you with long memories may remember @MattHancock's "5 Million Genomes" announcement back in 2018:

gov.uk/government/new…

So now you know who (one of) the "other partners" is... This will help support Matt Hancock’s wider ambition to se
...and of course it will come as no surprise that the prime mover of @ukfuturehealth (on the radio just last week) is none other than the author of the Government's #LifeSciences #IndustrialStrategy*:

…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/122124… [left pic]

__
*gov.uk/government/pub… [right pic]
Read 4 tweets
Oct 25
@LisaMWatki That @ukfuturehealth somewhat 'buries the lede' on its intention to construct a giant £212 million 👇 #DNA / #genomic database in its patient literature is somewhat concerning...

find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019818-… II.1.4) Short description  The scope of the procurement is r
@LisaMWatki @ukfuturehealth ...not to mention the £62.5 million+ they'll be spending taking people's #bloods, etc.:

find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005068-… A service provider(s) will be responsible for elements of iniv. Responsible for legal and compliance issues related to p
@LisaMWatki @ukfuturehealth Of course, #OurFutureHealth had to get its money from somewhere.

I'll give you one guess as to where...

ourfuturehealth.org.uk/partners/#htoc… Our Future Health has announced £150 million funding from l
Read 10 tweets
Oct 24
Those of you who know my work on #privacy, #identity, and #HumanRights in #data these past 18 years - mostly through @NO2ID & @medConfidential, and in other areas besides - won't be surprised at my involvement in @WEDF_foundation.

This [Thread] is an invitation to join us...
...and help define what I believe is one of the most crucial discussions of our time; on the #personal, #civil, #political and #planetary consequences of the #world(s) we are building - and the #values we want to underpin them. Image
I spoke at last year's @WEDF_forum about '#Engineering for #Ethics', just a couple of months before the #GPDPR #GPdataGrab was announced in May.

My talk was an attempt to reflect on and draw lessons from my years of campaigning and work around #data...

Engineering for Ethics  Big...
Read 10 tweets
Oct 23
"Johnson says he will not run in Tory leadership race"

bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p… Johnson says he will not ru...
#Statement (part 1)

"You can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in Parliament" 🤔 Here is the text of Boris J...
Read 7 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(