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Identity Card Technologies: Weaknesses in scientific evidence

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Summary

This Report focuses upon the Home Office's identity cards scheme, which uses various technologies including biometrics, information and communication technology (ICT), and smart cards. It explores the ways in which scientific advice, risk, and evidence are being managed in relation to technologies that are continually developing.

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This is a House of Commons Paper (HC 1032): it is a Report from the Science and Technology Committee.
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How does it affect me?

This will, if passed into law, affect every citizen and resident in the UK.

The Committee is concerned that the Home Office has taken an inconsistent approach to the use of scientific evidence and that choices regarding biometric technology have preceded trials.

It recommends that Home Office increases clarity and transparency across the programme.

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