You'll never guess what I've found out about...

Worrying story that over 150 local councils have had their access to the DVLA's database cancelled or suspended for misusing it.  Worrying because these are not commercial organisations seeking to use the information for personal gain, but public officials who should be acting in the public interest.  And worrying because governments of both colours seem to be hell-bent on creating more and more databases containing more and more information about us which presumably are and will be just as open to misuse.  We are sold the idea of these databases on the understanding that the information will be confidential except for certain specific stated purposes, but can we trust them?  Stories like this suggest that the answer is no.