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Knowledge Breeds Contempt For NIR/ID
Talkback As someone who has supported no2id from it's very early days, I can say that when out and about talking to people about this issue I have met only two classes of people: Those that already know about the issues and are opposed.
[February 7, 2008, 13:06]
ID Cards Bill Savaged By Lords And MPs
Talkback It seems that everyone has a more balanced and sensible understanding of the implications of the ID card and the NIR than the government itself. The implications of the ID card and the NIR are profound and the use to which these will be put will...
[October 25, 2005, 12:11]
No2ID Or No2NIR?
Talkback The suggestion that the NIR will contain only identity-related information and that medical records, tax and benefits information and other government records will not be in the NIR, will have to be taken at face value.
[July 22, 2008, 7:57]
ID Cards Bill Savaged By Lords And MPs
News The government's Identity Cards Bill has been criticised in two separate reports by MPs and Lords over the amount of personal information that would be stored on the National Identity Register (NIR) and the lack of safeguards to protect that data.
[October 25, 2005, 9:50]
Government Ditches ID Database Plans
News The National Identity Register (NIR) was to be the giant database at the heart of the project, holding personal identity information and biometric data for everyone enrolled in the scheme. But now three existing systems will share the NIR...
[December 20, 2006, 7:22]
ID Card Bill Savaged By The Lords, Again
News The House of Lords has dealt another blow to the government's ID cards bill by voting against making it compulsory for people to have their biometric details included on the National Identity Register (NIR) when they apply for a new passport.
[January 24, 2006, 17:00]
ID Card Battle Remains Deadlocked
News MPs voted by 292 votes to 241 votes - an increased majority of 51 - in favour of keeping the clause in the bill to make the passport a "designated document" tied in with ID cards and the National Identity Register (NIR) database.
[March 16, 2006, 15:30]
Government Hints At ID Card Security
News The issue of who will have access to the NIR was also in part addressed by Hall, who said that the Identity Cards Act allows information to be shared with police and security services "where it is necessary in the public interest for the...
[November 15, 2006, 13:10]
Leaked Emails Predict ID Card Failure
News According to the emails, published in The Sunday Times, Foord also raised concerns about the National Identity Register (NIR). One email reportedly said: "Even if everything went perfectly (which it will not) it is very debatable (given performance...
[July 10, 2006, 16:20]
ID Card Database Plans Expand
News Des Browne, chief secretary to the Treasury, said in a statement to parliament: "The IPS should be responsible for developing the national identity register (NIR) as an adult population database. Over time public sector systems, business processes...
[April 19, 2006, 15:45]
That Is The Question
Talkback Ministers have actually said several times that in fact the NIR et al would not have prevented the London bombs, or indeed the Madrid ones or the ones in the US. I quite agree in as far as the NIR itself will only contain identifying information.
[July 22, 2008, 9:05]
So Many Reasons
Talkback The NIR has similar problems. All of the various "Undeniable Reasons" for the NIR have been roundly denied by relevant experts and in many cases by the ministers themselves. There are so many reasons why this is a bad idea, but I guess the killer...
[July 18, 2008, 9:59]
Organised Crime 'will Attack ID Cards Database'
News Organised crime will try and crack the identity cards database - the National Identity Register (NIR) - the Liberal Democrats have warned. He said the government must urgently review how the DWP thefts happened and whether it will be possible to...
[May 18, 2006, 9:05]
Game Developers Should Embrace Randomness - But Not Too Much
Blog Comment Though I think this one may give the developers of the NIR System some headaches - I mean that if everyone started randomizing their movements and activities then the system might just spit-the-dummy.
[July 22, 2008, 8:50]
Oh I Didn't Say That
Talkback I only said that the NIR program wasn't the same thing as a TIA system and that that wasn't the system outlined in the ID Cards Act. I certainly wouldn't say that it wasn't being done anywhere else .and if it was going to be done anywhere then The...
[July 23, 2008, 9:42]
ID Card Database Plans Expand
Talkback If the electorate think this is a such good thing, as the President often asserts, why is it I very seldom read positive statements about the NIR from anywhere outside of the Labour party? Personally I think it is typical NuLabour control freakery...
[April 23, 2006, 10:53]
The Whole ID Card Investment And Scheme Is A Waste Of Time And Money
Talkback What other political parties or groups are supporting the ID card and NIR scheme? The ID card won't even make it pas 2010, just like the Labour Government. None. Just Labour.
[June 23, 2008, 9:25]
Government Creates ID Card Agency
News But the compromise means that those who choose to opt out will still have to pay for the ID card - and have their fingerprints, iris scans and personal details taken and stored on the national identity register (NIR) when they get a new passport.
[April 3, 2006, 10:00]
IPS Wants Service Pilots For ID Cards
News He said that it is an important element of the plan that will do a lot to promote widespread take-up of the card, but draws a distinction between the use of the card and the National Identity Register (NIR).
[April 9, 2008, 16:57]
Ho Hum
Talkback You undertook to read and comment on the no2id link and tell us all where they have gone wrong in their thinking in the ID Card/NIR system. > In fact, I wonder why it bothers you? I doesn't bother me in the slightest.
[July 16, 2008, 9:25]
