Comments on: Anger over minister’s bid to put medical records on ID cards http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-07/anger-over-ministers-bid-to-put-medical-records-on-id-cards/ The latest on Identity Cards and Databases in the UK Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: andrew http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-07/anger-over-ministers-bid-to-put-medical-records-on-id-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-143161 andrew Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:59:26 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1334#comment-143161 The amount of data held on the card itself is, of course, a red herring. The important issue is how much data is held on the database, and the Identity Cards Act 2006 allows for that to be easily extended by the Home Secretary. If the ID card scheme is deployed, function creep is absolutely inevitable. In 2004 the Assistant Information Commissioner, Jonathan Bamford, reminded us that from the time the last UK ID card was issued during World War II to the time of its abolition in 1952, the functions of the card went up from three to 39. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3731465.stm The amount of data held on the card itself is, of course, a red herring. The important issue is how much data is held on the database, and the Identity Cards Act 2006 allows for that to be easily extended by the Home Secretary.

If the ID card scheme is deployed, function creep is absolutely inevitable. In 2004 the Assistant Information Commissioner, Jonathan Bamford, reminded us that from the time the last UK ID card was issued during World War II to the time of its abolition in 1952, the functions of the card went up from three to 39.

See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3731465.stm

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