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UK Identity Plan to be Discussed



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Feb 20, 2007, News Report

The UK Prime Minister's Office (PM) today posted a notice that James Hall, chief of the UK's Identity and Passport Service, will be online on 5 March for a webchat on the national ID card scheme.

The PM also posted a list of questions about the ID plan, answered by Hall in a November webchat. Questions addressed on the site include:
  • "Will this be a mandatory ID card, if so, what will be the penalty for those who do not want the ID card?"
  • "Will the proposed ID cards replace passports?"
  • "How many people will have access to the data collected in relation to ID cards?"
  • "How will the introduction of an ID Card prevent illegal immigrants entering Britain?"
Questions and comments on the "abysmal track record in this country with new IT systems," security and surveillance issues are also addressed.

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By Anonymous on Feb 20, 2007

Biometric ID card system will work fine for organisations where everyone concerned is on the database and every point of transaction has reading equipment. It is obvious that it is virtually impossible to satisfy both these conditions nationally and hence the system is bound to fail. This biometric ID card system will boost identity fraud by encouraging fraudsters to use fakes of these cards as ID where reading equipment is not present. Looking at these points proposed biometric ID cards will make bad problems worse.

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