Monday, February 12, 2007
Why ID Cards Are a Bad Idea (Reason No. 12,642)
Ministers have apologised for a mix-up which led to bank and personal details of thousands of pensioners being sent to the wrong addresses.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said it would try to trace all of those affected - as many as 26,000.
How the Government can say that the ID cards database is going to be secure then this happens shows how detached from reality these people are.
