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<?php
$page_title = "What is the database state?";
require_once("inc/pageHead.php");?>
<div>
<h1>What is the database state?</h1>
<p>The 'database state' is what we call the tendency to try to use computers
to manage society by watching people. There are many interlocking government
plans that do this. Together they mean officials poking into YOUR private
life more than ever before.</p>
<p>All the databases could be linked to, or indexed by, the
<a href="/IDSchemes/whyNot.php"><strong>National Identity Register
</strong></a> (NIR) that is the main aim of the 'ID cards' scheme. Your
NIR number would be the key to your whole life. And by "information sharing",
what you tell one public servant could be passed to anyone. The government
name: "Transformational Government" sounds nicer — until you understand
what is being transformed is not government but its power over you.</p>
<p>Currently the planned systems include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.no2id.net/get-involved/idCentres">
<strong>ID interrogation centres</strong></a>, for passports and ID cards</li>
<li><a href="http://www.renewforfreedom.net">
<strong>ePassports</strong></a> that help collect data about your travel for...</li>
<li>International <a href="http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/eborders/faqseborders">
<strong>eBorders schemes</strong></a> that exchange <a href="http://www.out-law.com/page-8333">
<strong>Passenger Name Record information</strong></a> with foreign countries
as well as collecting them</li>
<li>Recording of <em>all</em> car journeys, using
<a href="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/orgwiki/index.php/National_Vehicle_Tracking_Database">
<strong>Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.journalonline.co.uk/article/1002706.aspx"><strong>
'Entitlement cards'</strong></a> as part of, or linked to the ID scheme,
logging use of public services</li>
<li><a href="http://www.thebigoptout.org/?page_id=3"><strong>Centralised
medical records</strong></a> without privacy</li>
<li><a href="http://www.leavethemkidsalone.com"><strong>Biometrics in schools
</strong></a> — fingerprinting children as young as 4 or 5</li>
<li><a href="http://www.arch-ed.org/issues/databases/contactpoint.htm">
<strong>'ContactPoint'</strong></a>, a database collecting sensitive
information on every child</li>
<li><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/26/pub_fingerprint_plan/">
<strong>Fingerprinting in pubs and bars</strong></a> — landlords
forced to monitor their patrons</li>
<li>A greatly expanded
<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2183105.ece">
<strong>National DNA Database (NDNAD)</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computing/news/2071403/police-roadside-fingerprint-technology-bill-passed">
<strong>New police powers</strong></a> to check identity</li>
<li>Increasing <a href="http://www.manifestoclub.com/hubs/vetting">
<strong>Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks</strong></a>
for employees and volunteers</li>
<li>Businesses under pressure to
<a href="http://www.ips.gov.uk/identity/scheme-what-run.asp">
<strong>verify ID of staff and customers</strong></a> with the government</li>
</ul>
<p>The list is growing all the time, but NO2ID works with a wide range of other
organisations. We are constantly looking for more people who want fight one
or other of the the tentacles of the database state, as well as to
cut off its head, the NIR.</p>
<p>If you can help, please get in touch by sending an e-mail to
<a href="mailto:office@no2id.net"><strong>office@no2id.net</strong></a> —
or, if you can't give us your time, please
<a href="/join"><strong>help fund the
campaign</strong></a>. Every pound that you give will be spent fighting
ID cards and the database state.</p>
</div>
<?php require_once("inc/pageFooter.php");?>