Archive for February, 2008

Poll shows growing opposition to ID cards over data fears

Posted at Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 by andrew

Alan Travis writes in The Guardian: The number of people strongly opposed to the introduction of a national identity card scheme has risen sharply, according to the results of an ICM poll to be published today. Those campaigning against ID cards said last night that the poll, with results showing that 25% of the public [...]

Routine fingerprinting at Heathrow provokes outrage

Posted at Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 by andrew

John Bynorth writes in the Sunday Herald: Civil Liberties campaigners have accused airport chiefs of sneaking in mandatory fingerprinting of passengers on domestic routes without proper consultation. Heathrow Airport has quietly introduced compulsory fingerprinting and photographic profiling of passengers on domestic routes, including to Glasgow and Edinburgh, ahead of the opening of its fifth terminal [...]

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