WRITTEN ON April 23rd, 2006 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Uncategorized

As FIPR people and and the No2ID campaign point out…

The NI Register will be used to gather more speeding fines

The Sunday Times reports it will carry medical details.

IDENTITY cards are to carry medical details, despite repeated government
assurances that concerns about privacy meant it would not happen.
A minister at the Home Office disclosed it wants people to put personal
health information on the cards to give doctors information for
emergencies.

Card-holders will be urged to volunteer details of blood group, allergies,
and whether they wish to donate organs. Ministers stressed there would be
no compulsion…

I should hope not, given this is also carried on the NHS network.

Katherine Courtney’s role is now executive director of function creep, driving revenue generating opportunities from more use of the checks.