The Financial Times have reported that on Friday the Home Office awarded Thales a four year contract to help deliver the national identity scheme project. The contract is worth £18 million and Thales have been tasked with designing and testing the computer system that will deliver the national identity database and the cards.
Firstly what a surprise yet another scheme being pushed through without a proper public debate. Secondly I can see this being another Public Sector IT disaster, which will cost far more than expected and will ultimately be undeliverable. Another huge waste of tax payers money.
PCS are strongly against the national identity scheme and consider it a threat to our personal data. They are not prepared to sit back and let the scheme sail through unhindered.
More on the PCS Campaign can be found in the latest edtion of Activate.
Firstly what a surprise yet another scheme being pushed through without a proper public debate. Secondly I can see this being another Public Sector IT disaster, which will cost far more than expected and will ultimately be undeliverable. Another huge waste of tax payers money.
PCS are strongly against the national identity scheme and consider it a threat to our personal data. They are not prepared to sit back and let the scheme sail through unhindered."After the loss of 25 million people's personal details and National Insurance numbers in the past last year, and the recent revelations that DVLA has already made £15m by selling our personal details to car park operators and wheel clampers, the Identity Cards Act of 2006 now looks less like a sensible way of serving the public."The current estimated bill of £19 billion, greatly exceeds the originally proposed estimate meaning the government has to seek efficiencies in order to deliver the scheme.
"While computer consultants continue to be paid private sector rates, the first 100 Identity and Passport Service (IPS) jobs have already been axed in Glasgow and pay rises stifled."Actions you can take to oppose the scheme:
- Ask questions, demand answers and protest – email Union Liaison for advice
- Visit no2id to download more about he campaign and join NO2ID
- Visit NHS Confidentiality for a model letter to demand your name is not placed on the NHS Spine database ‘automatically’
- Renew your passport now, before it gets irrevocably linked to the national identity register
- If you have children in education, tell the school you forbid them to fingerprint your child; if they’ve done it, ask what is being done with the record.
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As you say, just another disaster waiting to happen, cherrypie. You have posted some good tips here.
All this goes to show that Orwell had little imagination.
The fingerprinting of young children is an especially dicey thing just ripe for abuse.
Welshcakes - I agree. I didn't know about the fingerprinting of children until I read the PCS article.
x. dell - The scenario is not good is it?
Finger-printing children?!!!
Liz - it upset me too, when I saw that!
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