jwoody

I think that quote shows that there are at least two ways to look at this.

Let me break it down from my perspective (fro the sake of this discussion, anyway)

financial history:-

Would you lend money to bad debtors or persistant bankrupts? I wouldn't.

health background:-

There are many situations where having your medical conditions on your person can be of benefit. Epileptics, asthmatics, people with allergies.

religion:-

Good thing, for all the wrong reasons. Maybe the government would be forced to recognise Jedi as a religion.

ethnicity:-

If you wish to describe a person (for I.D. purposes) their ethnic origins is a good place to start.

criminal convictions:-

That would only cause hardship to criminals who didn't want to be found or who are looking for work where ex-criminals aren't wanted.

purchase history:-

If this concerns you then pay cash for everything.

physical whereabouts of the ‘target’ citizen:-

Great. Would save the police a lot of time and effort.

data to be added to the system in the name of “anti-fraud” “anti-crime” “anti-terrorism” “protecting children” “anti tax-evasion” or any one of a number of similar reasons.:-

I can't see anything wrong with any of those points. Especially tax-evasion, that really pisses me off.