UnderTheCarpet - UK ID Cards: Whats in store...

[Rob A]

Editorial from UnderTheCarpet.co.uk

Please pass on to anyone who would be interested... includes a bunch of great quotes.

http://www.underthecarpet.co.uk/articles/idcards.php

"There are many people in the UK who are unperturbed by the prospect of ID cards being introduced. After all, our continental counterparts have been carrying ID cards for many years now. There will, however, be one key difference with the UK system and that is the National Identity Register. Other European ID cards have a limited national register and safeguards in place to protect against the accumulation and centralisation of information. In fact, Germany has constitutional limitations on the creation of any national number for obvious historical reasons..."