Monday was Europe’s first-ever Data Protection Day. Twenty-six countries took taking part but can you guess which one didn't?Photo: me renewing passport early to avoid registration
The UK government - and perhaps not surprising as they are trying hard to destroy privacy through 'Data Sharing'. The Council of Europe describe the day as: "to give European citizens the chance to understand what personal data is collected and processed about them and why, and what their rights are with respect to this processing."
NO2ID have declared 26th March 2007 as 'ID-Day'. The head of the UK Passport & Identity Service (UKIPS) has now confirmed on national radio that ID interrogation centres will be opening their doors for business around this time. The majority of those to be called in for interrogation in the first year will be 16-24 year olds, as UKIPS is initially targeting those applying for their first adult passport.
Therefore every young person that needs to apply for their first adult passport should do so AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to avoid a complex, intrusive interview leading to possible later entry on the National Identity Register - as well as the added expense and delay of having to travel to an interrogation centre.Photo left: Private Eye from last year
Government documents show that it expects fully 1 in 4 young people to fail to get a passport in time to make their trip because of extended delays in the new system, and it is already paying for adverts to try to fool/convince people that there is some 'benefit' for them in all this. There isn't.
See my blog on 30th August for more info - click labels below. Use NO2ID's petition:
http://www.no2id.net/downloads/forms/NO2IDpetition.pdf
2 comments:
Interrogation Centre? Is that what they really are called? What a nonsense. But I am afraid that whatever we do things are only going to get worse as technology becomes cheaper and cleverer.
Anyway, we seemed to have missed Data Protection Day here in Holland and just last week the government, which has still not formed after the elections in November (they are deciding behind closed doors right now what sort of government they think the electorate asked for), told all internet providers that they will be required to keep records of everything we have done over the internet for 18 months, the European authorities having decided for us that this will be a requirement across Europe, although member states can chose a period from 12 to 24 months. So... its not JUST bad in UK.. its bad elsewehere too!
I am thinking that the whole security model of individually identifying each user or object is flawed.
I prefer analogue solutions like making passports out of better-quality banknote-type paper, rather than the RFID Garden-of-Eden naming-of-all-the-beasts digital model.
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