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The UK Government is coud sourcing opinions about what red tape should be removed to encourage disruptive business models. I say we have a right to access the data we have created in an easy seamless way - in a way that is machine readable. Everyone who holds data on us should be compelled to offer that data back to us via API's

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I agree. I also have serious concerns about keeping my data private. I don't want anyone to be able to access my data. But, having said that, there are a bunch of government databases that are unconnected and it'd be great if I could give them permission to talk to each other; that'd mean I could do a bunch of stuff (report changes in my circumstances to 6 different benefit providers and the tax people) with just one phone call instead of the 11 calls it takes now.

Maybe what's really needed is a better encryption / permission model?

Agree - privacy is a huge concern, the default situation should be strictly private. But it should also be up to us to decide who we grant access to our data.

I dont just mean government held data - but data the supermarket holds or the bank etc.

I want to be able to see my Nectar data alongside my bank data in a google spreadsheet or any other service that I trust.

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