UK identity cards by stealth

 by Martin Belam, 10 January 2003

Stand.org.uk/ is inviting interested parties to submit comments to the UK Government's consultation process on it's proposed "entitlement card". It is a national ID card by stealth, and with the force of the civil service track-record and big business information technology consultants whispering in the government's ear, it is almost guaranteed to come in under-spec & over-budget. And of course, there is no way the government can claim any guarantee of data integrity

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