Tag archive for ‘ips’
That light at the end of the tunnel? It’s liberty.
The new Conservative-Liberal coalition Government today announced it intends to pass a “Freedom” or “Great Repeal” Act. This will: Scrap the ID card scheme, the National Identity register, the next generation of biometric passports and the ContactPoint Database. Outlaw the finger-printing of children at school without parental permission. Extend the scope of the Freedom of [...]
UK subjects will be compelled to submit to ID cards
To: Alan Powell, Editor, The Star Dear Sir James Hall is wrong to claim ID cards will be voluntary (Letters, 10 June). Sheffield residents won’t be forced onto the National Identity Register directly, unless they’re from outside the European Economic Area, however the Government intends to make it impossible for us to live without an [...]
Renew your passport – resist compulsory ID card registration
The Government is using passports to coerce you into surrendering control of your identity. Under the guise of improving passport security, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) will begin forcing all new applicants to register with the ID cards database from April this year. This morning, IPS Chief executive James Hall was in full spin [...]
The truth about protecting your identity from state intrusion
In November last year I wrote to James Hall, Chief Executive of the Identity and Passport Service, to follow up a discussion point from his live webchat on the Number 10 website. I wanted to find out more about the safeguards surrounding access to the National Identity Register (NIR) — the ‘big brother’ database of [...]
ID Cards will “help safeguard civil liberties” says IPS chief
Today I took part in a live webchat with James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, hosted by the 10 Downing Street website. Among the many issues that were discussed, it was suggested that ID cards will bring us a step closer to a surveillance society. This was Mr. Hall’s response: “…it [...]