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News D is for Data privacy worries The Home Office has enlisted the help of advertising agency M&C Saatchi to promote the national ID card scheme. Click on the links below to find out... [09 Sep 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News Phil Booth, national co-ordinator for anti-ID card and privacy pressure group NO2ID, said: "The really tricky part about faking a passport is getting a hold of convincing blanks. While... [29 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News D is for Data privacy worries The ID scheme will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million "critical" workers in 2009, young people in 2010 and the rest of the UK public in... [09 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News D is for Data privacy worries The IPS is also responsible for delivering the ID cards scheme, which will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million "critical" workers in 2009,... [02 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment It seems strange that - for some reason - the government has decided it really, really wants lots of our personal data - and proposals such as the ID card will only add to that. It's been a while since... [26 Jun 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News The report, A Surveillance Society, cautions against the £4.4bn biometric card scheme and associated National Identity Register being used to invade privacy as a result of "function creep". The national... [09 Jun 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News D is for Data privacy worries The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. Judge Stanley Burnton overturned the decision by the... [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News D is for Data privacy worries The UK's ID card scheme has helped fuel a 2,000 per cent hike in the cost of Home Office consultants - taking the bill up to £147m last year. Spending on... [11 Apr 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News D is for Data privacy worries The head of Britain's ID cards project and national identity database has defended the government's revised ID card plans in the face of... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment It is worth pointing out that while the physical ID card may be all but dead, the national identity register - a biometric database of the nation - is still all systems go, and this is something critics... [07 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News D is for Data privacy worries A government u-turn has ditched plans to force people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. For the few who are likely to... [06 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News D is for Data privacy worries The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Doubts in the scheme were further... [26 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News D is for Data privacy worries Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. We want the process to be transparent, they... [20 Feb 2008]
ID cards? One in four says no!
News D is for Data privacy worries Support for the UK's national ID card programme continues to plummet as one quarter of people say they are strongly opposed to the scheme. Opponents of the... [06 Feb 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News D is for Data privacy worries Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. Students revolt against being... [29 Jan 2008]
