Raises the old chestnut of a National ID Card - thought it ironic and humourous to revisit some of the arguments against an ID Card viz
The privacy threats arising from a national ID system cannot be overstated. An ID card will in all likelihood breach the Consitutional rights..
A card will fundamentally violate the privacy and data protection principles enshrined in law. There is no evidence in the research literature to establish that identity cards either reduce the threat of terrorism or reduce the incidence of crime. Indeed the establishment of an ID card requires the creation of a new range of offences, and introduces the very real threat of increased criminality in a number of realms.
Patronage of the idea of an ID card is pursued with little quantifiable evidence of the claims made for cards systems. The presumption, for example, that a national card can reduce illegal immigration, diminish fraud, assist national security or improve administrative efficiency is entirely instinctive. There is little, if any, evidence that a card system can achieve these goals.
