[LINK] Govt toughens access card privacy protections

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 10:28 +1000, Roger Clarke wrote:
> For the record, the APF's first pass over this suggests that nothing 
> of any consequence has been changed, that the Government has ignored 
> the mass of material from many organisations (including Privacy 
> Commissioners), that the Government is offering 'briefings', but not 
> 'consultations', and that the Government has no intention of 
> listening to anyone or changing anything about the proposal.

What reasons have the Government given for having identifying material
on the face of the card?

If this is not to be a de-facto ID card, then there should be no
identifying information on the outside of the card at all.

I really don't see it; I can't think of a single good reason.

If there are good reasons, then why is it not an offence to offer,
request or accept the card as identification?

Regards, K.

PS: Is it going to be possible to read the card without the permission
of the holder?

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