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From CILIP daily news: > Blair and Blunkett 'plan to make ID cards compulsory > by 2008' - Independent 5/4/04 p1 and, again, > FREEDOM OF INFORMATION > Blair gets backing of his MPs for ID cards in two > years > Times, 3 April, page 14 From The Independent: The Home Secretary plans to bring in legislation in the Parliamentary session beginning in November 2005. This would set up a voluntary scheme for hi-tech cards storing people's unique "biometric" details, such as iris images or fingerprints from 2007-08. From BBC News: Mr Blunkett said a National Identity Register would hold details of 60m people in the UK. Will the information on ID cards be governed by the Data Protection Act 1998? Chris Armstrong Chair, UKOLUG [log in to unmask]