Day: July 2, 2009

The ID Card dead. Long live the database!

Am I the only individual on the planet who was surprised at the press response to the recent announcement by the Home Secretary that the ID Card would not be compulsory? As far as I know, ID Cards were never going to be compulsory until Parliament voted for compulsion. So what’s new? The press coverage has overlooked the fact that the privacy problems lie not with the ID Card but with its related database, the National Identity Register (NIR). The

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