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Data control study uncovers 'serial malpractice' in EU.

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More than 40 per cent of organisations in Europe are obstructing consumers from accessing data held on them, new research has found. The study, led by the University of Sheffield, covered 327 entities in 10 EU states. It revealed "serial malpractice and obfuscation.., when citizens seek clarification of what these organisations know about them".

Clive Norris, a professor specialising in the sociology of surveillance and social control at the University of Sheffield, said: "We part with our data on a daily basis, creating vast and invisible reservoirs of actionable personal information. We do this actively and passively, and our experience of the world is reshaped in ways that we don't appreciate."

The issue is particularly relevant in light of the increasing use of cloud technology services, which store information on shared servers that aren't necessarily owned by the entities that have obtained it. In response, the...

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