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    Liberty ID Card protest, November 2006

  • Opposition to ID Card Scheme Hits Westminster

    Liberty is opposed to the ID Card scheme. Although we will not be  forced to have an ID card when renewing passports until 2010, we will have our details entered onto the National Identity Register much sooner.
     
    If completed, the NIR would be the world’s biggest biometric database, holding fifty two pieces of information on every adult who remains in the UK for longer than three months.
     
    As well as being a tremendous waste of public money, the scheme will cost us personally, both financially and in terms of our privacy and relationship with the state. Opposition will continue to grow as more people understand these costs and doubt the accuracy and security of such a huge government-run database. They will change our society and the way we live, forever.

  • Press Releases

    • Is Government’s ID card roll out first step toward compulsion?

    • The Government’s announcement that ID cards will soon be compulsory for foreign nationals, “high-risk” workers and eventually students is an attempt to soften up the public before making ID cards compulsory for all British nationals, warned Liberty today.
    • 06.03.2008

    • Lords compromise on compulsory ID cards

    • The House of Lords today voted for a compromise on the beleaguered ID card bill to postpone making ID cards compulsory for individuals who apply for a passport.
    • 20.03.2006

In Freedom's Name

Win the argument against ID Cards with A.C. Grayling's fierce rebuttal of the scheme.
by A.C GraylingRead More

Privacy in Britain

Overlooked: Surveillance and personal privacy
Read our reportRead More

  • Campaign Materials

  • 2005 flyer answering some FAQs about the ID Card Scheme, PDF.
  • Pocket-sized booklet. New and updated in 2007! (PDF) 
  • Campaign against ID Cards and the National Database - contains excellent campaign actions and materials.

  • New BBC Drama About Surveillance Society

  • A cautionary tale about technology, with identity cards, biometric tests and armed police an everyday presence in a vision of our society in the near future. Starting Sunday 17 Feb on BBC1 at 9pm.