Today's speech from Nick Clegg, deputy Prime-Minister needs no elaboration from me.
He said "This government will end the culture of spying on its citizens. It is outrageous that decent, law-abiding people are regularly treated as if they have something to hide".
He continued "It has to stop".
"1. So there will be no ID card scheme.
2. No national identity register, a halt to second generation biometric passports.
3. We won't hold your internet and email records when there is just no reason to do so.
4. CCTV will be properly regulated, as will the DNA database, with restrictions on the storage of innocent people's DNA.
5. Britain must not be a country where our children grow up so used to their liberty being infringed that they accept it without question.
6. There will be no ContactPoint children's database.
7. Schools will not take children's fingerprints without even asking their parent's consent".
Reference: complete speech on
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8690882.stm
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I’ll wait to see the fine print.
CDR