Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
But from the picture I saw in the paper of such a file, it was really nothing compared to the stuff that is saved about people nowadays.
Think Facebook...

Not to protect the privacy violations, but just to be on the neutral side, the government is presented with two rather opposite demands: (i) not to collect any private data, and (ii) to have the sufficient info/proof when there are law violations. For example, Hanna might have rather different opinion of a security camera installed by the entrance to her favourite supermarket if she was robbed but the camera had that moment captured and so the police were able to find the robber. Won't you think? So, there's probably never a perfect solution.