http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=100937
Gina M. Scott
"The ID cards are a link to a National Identity Register (NIR), or national database, and is collectively called "The National Identity Scheme." The registry and cards have many British people worried about privacy, security and identity theft. The cards -- compulsory for British citizens -- will link to the NIR. The registry will include 49 pieces of personal information on every person, with the option to add more required information. Names, addresses, phone numbers, former residences and national insurance and passport numbers will be accompanied by biometric information including fingerprints, facial and iris scans. The scheme was created, in part, to make it extremely difficult for terrorists to create false IDs."
