How does the UK National ID Card violate the Data Protection Act?
Let me count the ways… The Data Protection Act of 1998 prescribes eight principles of Data Protection all organisations that collect and process personal data must apply. It also requires these organisations to take adequate measures to ensure all staff are trained in and understand the application of these principles. It seems the Labour government has been negligent in their Data Protection training, since as far as I can see, the National ID card scheme being rolled out in the UK violates all eight of them. Let’s consider these principles one at a time. 1 Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless- (a) at least one of the conditions in Schedule 2 is met, and (b) in the case of sensitive personal data, at least one of the conditions in Schedule 3 is also met. In brief, the Schedules referred to above require that the “data subject” (that’s you or me) gives consent, or that the processing is necessary for the performance of a
