As some of you may be aware, the government has recently changed the laws regarding our personal information and in particular cross public sector access to that info. From now on, your medical records for example, can be accessed by the police, or even HM customs and excise and scrutinised by that organisation to further their own ends. what does this mean ?
in theory, if your medical records state that you use steroids or other illegal substances, plod can be made aware of your behavior.
this in itself may not be anything to alarm anyone, yet, but expect more and more cross agency info sharing in future if the authorites feel it will benefit them.
read a summary of the law here;
http://www.dca.gov.uk/foi/sharing/in...on-sharing.pdf