Thursday, November 18, 2004

ID cards won't comply with data protection laws / Silicon.com, 17 Nov 2004

http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39125978,00.htm
Andy McCue
The UK's data protection watchdog has again hit out at the government's ID card scheme, claiming it is not compliant with data protection laws.

Information Commissioner Richard Thomas was speaking at an Institute of Public Policy Research conference in London today.
He expressed concern over the 'vast database' of personal information that will be created and what that will be used for by different government departments and agencies. "