Henry Chu writes in the Los Angeles Times:
For skeptics, the ID cards represent one more intrusion on their privacy, yet another government attempt to keep tabs on a citizenry that’s already among the most monitored on Earth, thanks to the countless cameras mounted in public places.
As repositories of biometric data and potentially other kinds of [...]
Brendan Carlin writes in the Mail on Sunday:
The Goverment’s identity-card scheme has been branded ‘a farce’ last night after it was revealed it will be expanded this week – despite Alistair Darling casting doubt over the future of the project.
Home Secretary Alan Johnson is expected to announce within the next few days that 16 to [...]
Tom Whitehead writes in the Daily Telegraph:
A flagship £1.2 billion programme to collect data from every passenger travelling in and out of Britain was in disarray last night after a Government climb-down.
The so-called e-Borders scheme was supposed to make it compulsory to collect information from everyone in advance of their travel so they could be [...]
Timothy Garton Ash writes in The Guardian about the Independent Safeguarding Authority and its database of those barred from working with children and “vulnerable adults”:
The ISA reassures us on its website that anyone who may be barred will be told in advance and, “we will share with them all the information on which we rely”. [...]
Chris Williams writes in The Register:
Already shouldering the unfortunate burden of cheerleading for the ID cards scheme, one might expect the universe might cut Home Office minister Meg Hillier some slack. Alas, at an event in Liverpool to promote said white elephant yesterday, she forgot her ID card.
Hillier blamed her forgetfulness on the demands of [...]
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