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Can Sir Reg Identify Policy On ID Cards?

Wednesday 8th March 2006

I WAS surprised to read (News Letter, February 15) of Lady Sylvia Hermon's support for the Identity Card Bill currently before the House of Commons.

This thoroughly objectionable piece of legislation paves the way for compulsory identity cards based on a national computer database covering every United Kingdom citizen. Could Sir Reg Empey confirm that Lady Hermon's view represents UUP policy on this vital issue?

And do North Down citizens really wish to be kitted out with these "breathing licences" like the inhabitants of some dreary, oppressive, former eastern European state?

Identity cards should be opposed by all those who value the liberty of the individual for the undernoted reasons:

They are a powerful manifestation of what the late UUP MP Enoch Powell described as "the greed of the State for power", and run completely contrary to British political traditions and values.

There is no conclusive evidence that the new biometric technology on which ID cards will be based is actually foolproof.

Lady Hermon's faith in the "very positive consequences" of ID cards is hard to understand given the public sector's dismal track record in database administration. There is no valid reason to believe that the ID computer database, which is intended to include over three billion personal details of UK citizens, will fare any better.

The cost of the whole ID project has been estimated at up to £28 billion - a massive sum to pay for a scheme which will not only result in a huge extension of state power over the individual but will also make no real difference to the fight against terrorism, crime and illegal immigration.

Full article from www.newsletter.co.uk

China to renew 200 million chip-based I cards this year

Beijing: China will issue some 200 million chip-based "second generation" identity cards to residents in 2006, replacing the old ones.

The Ministry of Public Security said that by the end of 2005, about 102 million new I-cards had been issued since the massive renewal project kicked off last year.

The project to upgrade I-cards for 800 million Chinese adults is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2008.

The renewal had been launched in cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and 13 provinces like Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang last year, vice minister of Public Security, Liu Jinguo said.

Liu said over 19 provinces have completed the update of population information, while 13 regions have started population data and 41,000 local police stations have established a data management system for the renewal project.

The newly released plastic chip ID card contains information such as validity periods, authorisation institutions and designs of the national emblem. The Great Wall and decorative patterns are printed on the front cover. The card holder's name, gender, ethnicity, birthday, residence, ID number and photo are on the back cover.

Full article from www.newkerala.com

Clarke vows to overturn ID cards defeat

Staff and agencies
Tuesday March 7, 2006

The home secretary, Charles Clarke, today vowed to overturn a defeat inflicted by the Lords after Tory and Liberal Democrat peers last night opposed attempts to introduce the compulsory identity cards 'by stealth'.
The Lords voted 227 to 166 - a majority of 61 - to try to ensure that passport applicants will not have to enter their details on the national identity register.

Opposition peers say the plans break the government's promise that ID cards would initially be voluntary.

but Mr Clarke said the House of Lords should respect the clear views of elected MPs as he accused some peers of playing party politics.
Speaking in bullish mood earlier this morning on the BBC's Today programme, Mr Clarke said he would ask MPs to overturn the defeat for the second time when the identity cards bill returns to the Commons.

"This is a very well-developed programme, which will have a massive impact on illegal immigration, and I find it surprising that the Conservatives oppose it," he said.

"The situation is very clear. We passed in the Commons a clear vote on that particular very narrow question on which the Lords voted last night.

Full article from politics.guardian.co.uk

House of Lords votes for voluntary ID cards

House of Lords has voted for identity cards to be voluntary, defying Prime Minister Tony Blair and the House of Commons on an issue Blair says is key to combating terrorism.

The unelected Lords voted 227-166 against the compromise plan approved by the lower house last month.

After Blair backed down on making identification cards mandatory for all residents of Britain, the Commons backed a proposal to require them for British citizens applying for passports.

Rebels in Blair's Labour Party had opposed making the cards mandatory, but critics said that despite the changes, the ID cards were still being forced on the public.

Blair says the cards are crucial to the fight against terrorism and fraud. Opponents say they are likely to be ineffective and could violate civil liberties.

"What we have here, is a bill that is compulsory, will require 40 million-plus citizens to be interviewed for the purposes of taking out an ID card ... and above all which has attached to it a major database of our private information, some of it highly personal," said Lord Phillips, of the opposition Liberal Democrat Party, speaking before the vote.

Full article from www.smh.com.au

What are the requirements for ID cards ?

Published: 6 Mar 2006

As we know, the UK Government was recently victorious in its parliamentary battle to gain approval for the programme for national ID cards. Opposition to the legislation came from a surprisingly wide range of sources, and although this failed to win the war, it fared well in many an intellectual battle along the way. However, overcoming a large representative majority in a democratic legislature requires the involvement of passion and, although considerably unappetising to many, the issue of ID cards isn't one that's likely to cause the masses to take to the streets in protest (yet).

With calm restored around the issue, the Government should now be forced to answer on a completely non-partisan issue, and state what it wants to achieve with ID cards. As things stand, the major reasons for instituting them relate to the 'war on terror', and the prevention of fraud in systems like welfare and healthcare, but no direct explanation of how these objectives are served by ID cards is widely accepted. Given that, and the fact that such minimal details as have been revealed seem to indicate that the programme will cost the UK billions of pounds, a rough analysis of costs and benefits for this programme would look very one-sided.

Full article from www.cbronline.com

Entrust to Secure Spain's National Electronic ID Cards for Over 40 Million Spanish Citizens

Digital Certificates and Security Infrastructure to Provide Security for Use
of the Electronic ID Card Among Citizens, Businesses and Government Agencies

DALLAS, March 8 /CNW/ -- Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU), a
world leader in securing digital identities and information, today announced
that the company's security technology will be imbedded in the Spanish
national electronic identity cards for over 40 million Spanish citizens. The
project, awarded in Q2 of 2005, is one of the most ambitious government-wide
efforts in the world and has the potential of catapulting Spain to the
forefront of e-governments globally.
The Spanish Police Headquarters awarded the project to the consortium of
companies including Telefonica, Indra, Software AG and SIA Group. SIA Group,
a multinational corporation specializing in the implementation and development
of state-of-the-art technological infrastructures, was chosen to supply the
Public Key Infrastructure by Entrust. The solution is being designed to offer
an architecture that can provide flexibility, high performance, scalability
and security.
In addition to the many physical security measures to be implemented for
information security, the electronic ID card will have a digital certificate
for authentication and digital signature capabilities. The centralized
infrastructure supporting this effort will consist of a hierarchical
architecture, which includes, among other elements, certification authorities
(CAs) and registration authorities (RAs), which will be deployed in police
stations where citizens will be able to obtain their new ID card with only a
single visit.

Full article from www.newswire.ca

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