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No because GDPR has exceptions for state usage. Tax returns are not published but some key figures are available but you need to authenticate to retrieve it and
by sleepyhead 6y ago
No because GDPR has exceptions for state usage. Tax returns are not published but some key figures are available but you need to authenticate to retrieve it and it is logged and the log is available to the searched person.
- Nasrudith 6y agoThe point is that comes across as hypocritical and makes the rationales come across as lies. "Consent for data sharing is important - except when we do it!" isn't a very good look even if there are valid reasons for tax return transparency it goes against their own stated principles.
- Hamuko 6y agoTurns out that states have special rights. States also have a monopoly on violence.
- anticristi 6y agoYou don't always need consent. There are 6 legal reasons to collect data. "Public interest" as with tax returns is one. As another example, the post office is allowed to collect and process your address, since otherwise they could not fulfill their contract to deliver your parcel (contractual obligations). Similarly, paramedics don't need to worry about asking for consent from a patient that is unconscious: They can look into their medical records based on "vital interests".
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoCollecting doesn't include publishing it to the public, the NHS collects data about me but it doesn't hand it out willy nilly.
- rorykoehler 6y agoGovernments are run on hypocrisy. They can kill you, imprison you, extort you etc all under their legal framework. This isn't anything new. It's kind of essential in order to function as if they couldn't do it a vacuum would develop and eventually be filled by someone else who is willing to do these things.