20 November 2007

Can't trust the government with our data: what price ID cards?

News is breaking of the loss of CDs full of the personal details of many UK subjects. The shadow treasury spokesthing put into words my reaction when "He urged the government to 'get a grip' and said it was the 'final blow for the ambitions of this government to create a national ID database' as 'they simply can not be trusted with people's personal information." Would that it was that this was the final blow to ID cards. I fear that although this could be a crippling blow this government will eke out the lifespan of this project though it may be on life-support.
BBC NEWS | Politics | UK's families put on fraud alert:

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