Originally Posted by Nor

You go on about our 'loss of liberty' mate and our right to privacy but look at what we have at the moment.

You wake up in the morning, log on and download emails, a record of which is made. You drive into work where your license plate is photographed by CCTV, you make a call on your mobile, records of which are kept, you pop out to the bank at lunchtime to use the ATM where a record of where you are at that specific time of day is made, no doubt caught on CCTV at the same time. Buy a sandwich with your credit card, another record of where you are and what you bought. Surf the internet at night, every thing you do being logged somewhere.

What privacy are we losing exactly by carrying an id card ?

My only concern about the ID cards is nothing to do with the cards or how effective they will be at tackling the issues raised. Its about the database behind the cards and what it will contain.