2.2M customer records from Aussie retailer leaked

Japan has introduced a citizen's unique identification number, which the government bureaucrats are trying to sell to populous euphemistically as "My Number".

So the employment, pensions, health insurance, banking, assets, tax, driver licenses, car registrations, residence records, phone registration, etc., will in future ultimately be linked to that id number.

What not to love about a smoothly working society? Some bureaucrats in the planning department have sweet dreams.