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pendy · 05-04-2006, 13:16

I have received some very worrying information regarding ID cards. The full article, written by Frances Stonor Saunders, former arts editor of the New Statesman, is too long to reproduce here, but if anyone wants to pm me with an e-mail address, I will be happy to pass it on.

Highlights:

The proposed ID card .... will be connected to a database called the National Identity Register (NIR), where all your personal details will be stored. This will include the unique number which will be issued to yu, your fingerprints, a scan of the back of your eye, and your photograph. Your name address and date of birth will also obvoiusly be stored there. ...... There is unlimited space for every other detail fof your life on the NIR database, which can be expanded by the Government with or without further Acts of Parliament.
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Every place that sells alcohol or cigarettes, every post office, every pharmacy and every Bank will have an NIR Card Terminal ...... into which your card can be "swiped" to check your identity. Each time this happens, a record is made at the NIR of the time and place the card was presented.

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Private businesses are going to be given access to the NIR Database. .....

It will then be possible for a non-governmental entity to create a detailed dossier of all your activities. Certianly, the Government will have clandestine access to all of them, meaning that they will have a complete record of all your movements, from how much and when you withdraw from your bank account to what medications you are taking, down to the level of what sort of bread you eat ....

Your ID care will, just like your passport, not be your property. The Home Secretary will have the right to revoke or suspend your ID at any time ....

Unquote.

This will NOT stop terrorists - three of the London bombers came from Leeds, and others would in future circumstances have valid ID. All it will do is to increase Government control of every aspect of our lives.

I am very worried.

Apologies for the length of this thread-starter, but the full article makes even more frightening reading.

05-04-2006, 13:16	#1
pendy Resting in peace Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 1,123 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 910	All Orwell got wrong was the date .... I have received some very worrying information regarding ID cards. The full article, written by Frances Stonor Saunders, former arts editor of the New Statesman, is too long to reproduce here, but if anyone wants to pm me with an e-mail address, I will be happy to pass it on. Highlights: The proposed ID card .... will be connected to a database called the National Identity Register (NIR), where all your personal details will be stored. This will include the unique number which will be issued to yu, your fingerprints, a scan of the back of your eye, and your photograph. Your name address and date of birth will also obvoiusly be stored there. ...... There is unlimited space for every other detail fof your life on the NIR database, which can be expanded by the Government with or without further Acts of Parliament. .......... Every place that sells alcohol or cigarettes, every post office, every pharmacy and every Bank will have an NIR Card Terminal ...... into which your card can be "swiped" to check your identity. Each time this happens, a record is made at the NIR of the time and place the card was presented. ............... Private businesses are going to be given access to the NIR Database. ..... It will then be possible for a non-governmental entity to create a detailed dossier of all your activities. Certianly, the Government will have clandestine access to all of them, meaning that they will have a complete record of all your movements, from how much and when you withdraw from your bank account to what medications you are taking, down to the level of what sort of bread you eat .... Your ID care will, just like your passport, not be your property. The Home Secretary will have the right to revoke or suspend your ID at any time .... Unquote. This will NOT stop terrorists - three of the London bombers came from Leeds, and others would in future circumstances have valid ID. All it will do is to increase Government control of every aspect of our lives. I am very worried. Apologies for the length of this thread-starter, but the full article makes even more frightening reading.