Computer says no
Earlier this month, in a landmark ruling made by high court judge, Justice Bill Blair (the brother of the former PM), André Power, a businessman, was denied compensation for a mistake on a court database, a mistake which cost him his business. Whilst the court admits the mistake and does not refute that Mr Power was financially crippled by it, Justice Blair ruled that the civil service cannot be found liable for the damage caused by its record keeping mistakes.
Let me run that by you once again:
The civil service cannot be found liable for the damage caused by its record keeping mistakes.
(Court of Appeal, August 4th 2009).
This means two things are almost guaranteed about the National Identity Register (the database behind ID Cards).
1.There will be a cavalier attitude by those who administer it, which will inevitably lead to inaccuracies, security leaks and a lack of vigilance against malicious attacks.
2.Innocent people will go to prison, lose their livelihoods, and worse, and there will be no redress. NONE.
Are you SURE you still want to volunteer for an ID Card ?