http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3568468.stm
"The UK could 'sleepwalk into a surveillance society' as a result of ID cards and other plans, the information commissioner Richard Thomas has warned.
He is concerned about how much information will be collected and shared under the ID card plans.
Mr Thomas is also concerned about plans for a population register and a database of every child.
He used General Franco's Spain as an example of what can happen when a state knows too much about its citizens."
