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In theory, yes. In practice, the Government will quite happily ignore any civil liberties that the DPA might afford us. Best wishes Alan Pritchard MPhil FCLIP MBCS ALCHEMY: a bibliography of English-language writings 2nd (Internet) edition at http://www.cix.co.uk/~apritchard > >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] > >