Man can’t prove ID with ID card 16


Tom Whitehead writes in the Daily Telegraph:

The Government’s flagship ID cards scheme suffered an embarrassing setback when a bank refused to accept one as proof of identity.

Darren McTeggart tried to use the £30 card to pick up a replacement credit card from a branch of Santander – formerly Abbey – in Manchester, where the scheme was rolled out on a voluntary basis last year.

Mr McTeggart, one of the first people to get the card, said: “They said it was not on their list of approved ID.

“I sent an email to the head office, but they wouldn’t budge. The government has been pushing this card on TV and elsewhere so it beggars belief why the bank won’t accept it.”


16 thoughts on “Man can’t prove ID with ID card

  • Alexander

    If you read the story though, you’ll see it was a staff error and the head office say they do accept the card as proof of id

  • Alexander

    If you read the story though, you’ll see it was a staff error and the head office say they do accept the card as proof of id

  • nina steggar

    That’s one in the eye for the if you’ve got nothing to hide you’ve got nothing to fear brigade.

  • nina steggar

    That’s one in the eye for the if you’ve got nothing to hide you’ve got nothing to fear brigade.

  • Stephen

    It’s funny of course but we shouldn’t take too much comfort from stories like this. These sorts of snafus are inevitable when you bring in a new system. Within a few months, you won’t hear any more of these stories. The ID Cards programme has a lot of life still left in it, unfortunately

  • Stephen

    It’s funny of course but we shouldn’t take too much comfort from stories like this. These sorts of snafus are inevitable when you bring in a new system. Within a few months, you won’t hear any more of these stories. The ID Cards programme has a lot of life still left in it, unfortunately

  • Simon

    To those stating that stories like this will not exist in a few months as banks will roll out the order to staff to accept them – correct.

    In a few months the stories will revolve around how forged ID cards can now be used to set up bank accounts. Banks still have no reliable way of judging a cards authenticity other than the suggestion by a government minister to ‘flick them a finger and listen for a distinctive sound’ – http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39562183,00.htm

  • Simon

    To those stating that stories like this will not exist in a few months as banks will roll out the order to staff to accept them – correct.

    In a few months the stories will revolve around how forged ID cards can now be used to set up bank accounts. Banks still have no reliable way of judging a cards authenticity other than the suggestion by a government minister to ‘flick them a finger and listen for a distinctive sound’ – http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39562183,00.htm

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