| Archived News (2006) |
19th Dec 2006
 | Giant ID computer plan scrapped
The government has abandoned plans for a giant new computer system to run the national ID card scheme. It's not over yet, but the system is starting to unravel. |
7th Dec 2006
| Citizens will face fine rather than sign up to ID card register
Hundreds of thousands of people will refuse to sign up to the UK Government's planned identity register, according to just-published research. Around eight per cent of those surveyed said they would refuse to sign up to the database even if they are fined. |
30th Nov 2006
| Tony Blair is not Hitler: official
A recent No2ID campaign advert showing a close-up picture of Tony Blair with a barcode on his top lip was not offensive, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled. |
23rd Oct 2006
| Treasury fights to keep Gateway closed
The government has hired legal experts in an effort to block publication of Gateway reviews of the National Identity Card programme. |
18th Oct 2006
| Survey shows UK companies do not control employee access to confidential data
An independent survey published today by UK company Secerno suggests that databases are open to attack from growing insider threats. Key findings from the survey were: - Over 60 per cent of UK employees have access to computer records at their place of work
- 41% have access to records that are not necessary for their job
- One in ten has been tempted to abuse this access.
- 56% of employees have no restrictions placed on the information they have privileges to access.
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9th Oct 2006
| Price of ID card scheme put at £5.4bn
It's the first time the government has set out the estimated cost for the controversial project, which will not stop terrorism or illegal immigration. |
3rd Sep 2006
| Australian 'pseudo ID card' database racked by identity fraud claims
It's been proven not to work in Australia and it won't work here either! |
7th Aug 2006
| Security risks of e-passports exposed
Experts at the Black Hat show have demonstrated that RFID tags in passports and smart cards can be copied easily . |
10th Jul 2006
| Fake IDs Save Lives in Iraq
A good counter-example to the "Oh but if you've got nothing to hide, what are you afraid of" argument. |
11th Jul 2006
| Beware of card tricks
The government claims that national identity cards will help to counter terrorism, illegal immigration and ID fraud. That's rubbish, says Henry Porter, and in fact there is something much more sinister about them - they will fundamentally alter the relationship between citizen and state, and make slaves of us all. |
9th Jul 2006
| ID cards doomed, say officials
According to an article in today's Sunday Times, Tony Blair's flagship identity cards scheme is set to fail and may not be introduced for a generation, according to leaked Whitehall e-mails from the senior officials responsible for the multi-billion-pound project. |
8th Jun 2006
| Secret ID report 'must be shown'
Secret estimates of the benefits and risks of identity cards must be published, the freedom of information watchdog has told the government. |
29th Jan 2006
| ID cards are of 'limited value'
ID cards would be of "limited value" against terror and would not have prevented the London attacks in July, says the reviewer of anti-terror laws. |
19th Jan 2006
| ID Cards: A Titanic project waiting for its iceberg
Professor Ian Angell, head of LSE's department of information systems, claims that not only is the scheme likely to blow up in the government's face, it may also be illegal. |
16th Jan 2006
| Lords defeat for ID cards scheme
The government has suffered two defeats in the Lords over its ID cards scheme. |
16th Jan 2006
| Great iPod giveaway better idea than ID cards
A senior manager in the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has come up with a unique alternative to the government's ID Card scheme - give everyone in the country a free iPod installed with a digital certificate. |
8th Jan 2006
| No Identity Card? You could be fined £2,500
All the more reason we need to urge EVERYONE to refuse ID cards, in an act of solidarity. |
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