29 January 2008
NO2ID today released an annotated copy of an Identity & Passport Service strategy document, entitled ‘National Identity Scheme Options Analysis – Outcome’.
Phil Booth, NO2ID's National Coordinator, said:
"Far from securing people’s personal details, the Home Office plan is to suck as much of your information into its ID database as quickly as it can. Fingerprinting, interrogation and coercion for some, pre-filled forms telling you who you are for others, and lifelong tracking for all.
“But don’t believe us – read it for yourself, in their own words. After all, this is going to affect you.”
-ENDS-
Notes for editors
1) NO2ID is the UK-wide non-partisan campaign against ID cards and the database state. See http://www.no2id.net/dbstate.php for a list of 'database state' initiatives that NO2ID is actively opposing.
2) The document is spreading rapidly across the internet, on blogs and websites around the world. You can download a copy from:
http://www.order-order.com/2008/01/leaked-nis-id-cards-document.html
or
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/29/leaked-uk-govt-doc-r.html#comments
or many, many other sites.
For more information, or for immediate or future interview, please contact Phil Booth (National Coordinator, national.coordinator@no2id.net) on 07974 230 839, Guy Herbert (General Secretary, general.secretary@no2id.net) on
07956 544 308, or Michael Parker (Press Officer, press.officer@no2id.net) on 07773 376 166.
The NO2ID Campaign
Box 412
19-21 Crawford Street
London W1H 1PJ
enquiries@no2id.net
Tel: 07005 800 651
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