JamieS

**Due 30/8/07**
Write a brief (one or two sentences) summary of what the business is and what it uses a database to do.
 * Find 3 businesses online which make use of databases (excluding Search engines)**


 * __Screen Check Australia__** **–(****//www.screencheck.com.au//****) -** **Screencheck is all around australia and specialises in producing and designing plastic cards for thousands of companys that go through them. They store information on every product they make and sell and a database including employee information data.**


 * __ANZ Bank__** **– (www.anz.com) – It comprises Retail Banking, Regional & Rural Banking, Consumer Finance (including credit cards), Mortgages, Investment & Insurance Products and Banking Products, Would have massive databases storing information data on all there customers**


 * __Flinders__** **__Hospital__** **– (www.flinders.sa.gov.au) - Flinders Medical Centre is a public teaching hospital and medical school, co-located with Flinders University and Flinders Private Hospital, This hospital would have information on a massive database storing the data on everyone that uses the hospital, private and public.**

ID Cards For and Against For: Against: · It has been argued that identity cards have a disproportionate burden upon both government and citizens while empowering the executive, which is contrary to the maxim: "the government that governs best governs least". · Cards with a database could be used to track a person’s movements and private life, and privacy. The British ID card involves a series of joint databases, managed by the private sector. Managing linked systems using a range of institutions and any number of personnel is alleged to be a security disaster in the making.
 * So people can be identified in banks or at national borders without a passport, making the identity card as a passport.
 * Identity cards can be used to show ownership or proof of who you are, a shop keep could ask for an ID document if you are using a credit card or bank card.
 * False identification could be reduced in countries where you need an ID card to open a bank account