Britain Scraps Biometric National ID Cards -- Privacy -- InformationWeek

Britain Scraps Biometric National ID Cards -- Privacy -- InformationWeek: "Britain is scrapping its controversial national identification card. On Tuesday, the government expected the queen to approve a bill that abolishes national ID cards for British nationals. At that point, the country's so-called national identity register would also begin to be destroyed.
In an editorial in the Guardian, the United Kingdom's minister for immigration, Damian Green, said that continuing to pursue the ID cards 'would have been a distraction from the real work that needs to be done in countering terrorism, illegal immigration, or benefit fraud.'"

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