Exeter No2ID have got in touch, saying the Home Secretary has admitted in a Parliamentary answer that the Identity and Passport Service is collecting National Insurance numbers from every person who applies for an ID card, and storing them on the National Identity Register – the ID card database.
As from next year it will be compulsory to apply for entry on the National Identity Register in order to receive a passport, this means that all passport applicants will also have their NI number collected and stored for life.
Alan Johnson’s answer failed to mention other categories of information, in addition to what is currently recorded on the passport database, that are to be held on the National Identity Register.
Phil Booth, No2ID’s national coordinator, told the PRSD: “The National Identity Scheme has never been about a card – it’s about tracking you throughout your life, linking your details by the numbers.
“This admission confirms the Home Office’s intentions for the scheme. It wants to track you through every government and private database it can – and your NI number’s just the start.”
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