It seems that those who have acquired our information will do anything to hold onto it

BY STEVEN KASZAB

Your family member was treated by someone in the hospital or passed away. Can you get information regarding their treatment, who treated them and the particulars needed for their treatment and ultimate death?

Families whose parents resided in senior homes cannot get essential information such as how their family member was treated, who treated them.

Governments make decisions that influence and directly affect our lives every day. Who makes those decisions and why? What are the particulars that lead to these decisions?

Our police make calls every day that affect our lives, yet there are no real ways to find out why, where and how police actions occur. Police rely upon a Blue Line that protects their fellow officers. Police authorities do not share information to the general public.

Individuals attempting to find out about their financial situation, their histories and that of their families often receive little or no information from the public authorities or the corporations that manage their information and finances. Errors occur, yet try to find out whom, why and when these happened? It seems that those who have acquired our information will do anything to hold onto it. Their privacy is protected and more important than ours.

Secrecy surrounds us. We are influenced and directly affected by the policies, decisions and desires of others and we cannot get the information necessary to point out why, how and by whom these decisions are made. The Access for Information Legislation that almost every nation on this globe has passed is often manipulated or ignored by the very authorities that passed it. Are we free enough to know secrets about ourselves? How about our governments, and the corporations we offer our personal information too?

When you allow a doctor or Red Cross to take your blood for whatever reason, ask if your D.N.A. is safe and not to be shared. Seemingly, since blood samples have been taken and studied, corporations have been able to hold onto our D.N.A. and even patent it as their own. Our personal freedoms, and privacy has been taken advantage of since time memorial. If you do not ask the proper questions of your corporate and public associations you will be open to all sorts of secret, unannounced actions. High profits are found within the sphere of secrecy. Try to find out how much your leaders are worth financially. Yes, you will find out what they make annually, but not their true financial worth. It’s a secret and their privacy is protected, while yours, not so much.

If you attempt to find out what information the public authorities have on you, be prepared to spend a great deal of money and time, and don’t be surprised when you receive an information pack that has been redacted in many places. Information is power, and those whom we share our information with can shape our lives, and not as we would have it.