[IP] Watchdog's Big Brother UK warning
Begin forwarded message:
From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 16, 2004 6:39:36 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Watchdog's Big Brother UK warning
Hi Dave:
For IP if you wish, from today's BBC Online:
** Watchdog's Big Brother UK warning **
The UK could "sleepwalk into a surveillance society" as a result of ID
cards and other plans, the information commissioner Richard Thomas has
warned.
He is concerned about how much information will be collected and shared
under the ID card plans.
Mr Thomas is also concerned about plans for a population register and a
database of every child.
He used General Franco's Spain as an example of what can happen when a
state knows too much about its citizens.
Mr Thomas says, although he is not for or against an ID card scheme
itself, he is concerned about the government's failure to spell out
their exact purpose.
. . .
Full story at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk_politics/3568468.stm
Cheers
Brian
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