And who are you?

Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 today interviewed Simon Davies of Privacy International and a number of victims of identity 'mugging' who explained not only how easy it was for the data mugger but also how difficult it was to re-establish their credit ratings, as long as 2 years, and how disinterested the authorities responded to this 'crime'. We have also heard the corporate response to Data Protection Act compliance as "When we get fined we'll do something about it".
How many more radio programmes, tv documentaries or press articles does it take until people get mad enough to demand action by not just government but also their banks and suppliers?
The recent case of the NHS employee who found that a major pharmaceutical company was, without her knowledge or consent, tracking her and others with her particular complaint. Of course if these details had been stored in her PAOGA profile then her 'identity' would be separate and linked only with a PUID (PAOGA Unique IDentifier) which would allow the pharma to trawl aggregated data without compromising any of the individuals identities.
Like Simon Davies, we believe that your data is owned by you and you should be able to take responsibility to control it's use and distribution.
PAOGA is committed to providing the tools so that you can protect and manage your personal data.
Sign up here for free to try it. The more members we have then the more pressure we can put on the organisations to respect our personal information. Instead of us proving who we are when they phone or email us Privacy International are campaigning for us to ask "And Who are You?" .
We believe that organisations who want your business should agree to sign up to your EULA which defines your terms and conditions for revealing personal information including that it is NOT for resale.
To achieve this it requires a change of attitude about the value of an individuals (citizens) data at the very top. With the current mindset, all the technology in the world will not make one iota of difference.