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FAQ: ID cards in the UK
Content type: News & Analysis

FAQ: ID Cards In The United Kingdom

On July 3rd 2002, the UK Government published a consultation paper on a national identity card. Privacy International has investigated such proposals across the world for more than a decade. Here, we answer all the questions the government has failed to answer. What sort of ID card does the government have in mind? What is the difference between an "entitlement" card, and an identity card? Will an identity card will help eliminate benefit fraud? Will an identity card help prevent terrorism? Is…
On Campaigns of Opposition to ID Card Schemes
Content type: Report

On Campaigns of Opposition to ID Card Schemes

Proposals for identity (ID) cards have provoked public outrage and political division in several countries. In this paper Simon Davies analyses the key elements of public opposition to ID Card schemes, and profiles the massive 1987 Australian campaign against a national ID card.