The Pros and Cons of ID cards.

The main ICt used in the ID card scheme will be database software, holding and managing all of the user's that are registered. This will contain every piece of information on a person, biometric information, fingerprints and retiner scans, personal information, name, DOB, etc, security information, personal ID number.

Full details of what will be recorded on the cards is at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4630045.stm

The purpose of the ID card is for British Citizens/British Nationals, to prove who they are, when applying for UK services and for a private business. 

In terms of actually achieving this goal I feel that the scheme should work, if they can get enough interest in it. 

The advantages:

• Its a solid way to prove who you are.
• Can help combat imagrantcy.
• Can help catch British criminals.

The disadvantages: 

• Will be very costly to set up.
• Can be classed as an invringement of human rights, by being seen as just another way for the British Government to know where we are at all times, a modern day 'Big Brother'
• They may become a compulsory feature of being a British Citizen, with no way of opting out.