ID Card and You .co.uk - About Us, Privacy Policy

ID Card and You is not affiliated to any political party or profit making organisation. This site was originally set up in 2005 to redress the limited and predominantly pro-government information provided by the national press and televised media (especially the BBC); and to raise awareness of the undemocratic way the identity card and specifically the biometric passport are being introduced.

We are fundamentally opposed to the collection and use of a persons biometrics without that persons freely-given consent.

Due to the sensitivity of biometric information and the intrusive way in which it can be exploited, we believe the individual has the right to decline providing biometrics (biometric freedom).

Biometrics are highly sensitive personal information. The State has no right to this information without the individuals consent unless that individual is found guilty by a court of law of committing serious crime.

We are deeply concerned by the introduction of biometric passports without the rights of British citizens to a biometric-free alternative. We do not oppose a passport containing the facial biometric on the provision that it is only stored on the passport (and hence under the individuals control), used for verification of the passport only, and never used for biometric surveillance.

We are concerned by the introduction of biometric technology and smart card systems into any environment intended for the welfare of children. Children are not of an age where they can distinguish between the implications of a biometric system used to obtain school services and the implications of a government controlled biometric identification and surveillance system.

Children have the right to grow up in privacy and anonymity without their details being held on a biometric database; their details capable of being transferred at a later date to a government identification and surveillance system.

We believe the technological capabilities of biometric identification and surveillance systems will result in the routine surveillance of the general public (as indicated by the introduction of CCTV cameras incorporating facial recognition and car number plate tracking cameras).

We believe an individual has the right to choose if they want to hold biometric identification (biometric freedom) and have personal details entered on a central database (e.g National Identity Register and SIS II). Citizens choosing not to hold such identification (biometric free) should not be subject to discrimination.

We believe biometric freedom is a right and the State does not have the right to force individuals to provide biometrics. In the same way that the State does not violate an individuals choice of religion, sexual preference (e.g. homosexuality), or on beliefs such as abortion, it also does not have the right to violate an individuals choice with respect to biometrics.

The introduction of biometric identification and surveillance without individual consent is a gross violation of our beliefs.

Privacy PolicyThis site uses standard web statistics logs to determine which pages are being visited (for example Google statistics). This is to understand which areas are of most concern and hence construct the site so that it is more relevant to our visitors. Topics of most interest to our visitors are biometrics and children, and illegal immigration. With respect to the former, it was decided in 2006 to build our sister site biometricfreedom which enables consumers to check the names of non-biometric friendly companies through their mobile phone or PDA, and hence avoid their products when out shopping.

ID Card and You collects standard visitor statistics (which are recorded by any website) and sets cookies for the purpose of operating Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics. Through the use of this information we determine which pages are visited most, how users reach our pages, where visitors come from, and popular search terms.
If you are concerned about web privacy, we recomend you regularly remove cookies from your internet browser (if you are using FireFox, this can be done under Tools-->Clear Private Data) and install applications such as NoScript.
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For more information related to online privacy we recommend you visit EPIC.org.