Enough Protection?
It's hard to go more than a few days without someone complaining about their human rights, government records/databases or some other way in which people feel they are being tracked and harassed by the authorities.
In some cases, this is obviously justified. Recent atrocities in places such as Zimbabwe are perfect examples where people are being denied the most basic of human rights. People in this situation have every right to complain and so they should.
Unfortunately, there are a number of people who put everything down to a breach of human rights. Some people argue that the government using CCTV or DNA databases are a breach of their human rights. In some cases, this argument is not a strong one. The examples mentioned above are simply ways that authorities can ensure that the general public are as safe as possible. They are not there to keep track of us and spy on us.
In reality, the more information that authorities hold the better. The more information that is available when companies carry out background checks, passport checks or criminal records checks, then the more likely that these checks will yield positive results. For example, if you were looking to employ someone in a position of financial responsibility, then you'd want to ensure that the person you were employing was trustworthy. The best way to do this would be carrying out checks available from PeopleChecking. These checks ensure that the person in question has no record of any criminal behaviour. Having information on record is clearly the best way to prove this one way of another.
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