Report - Guardian

The LSE Identity Project Report: June 2005 ixConclusion..........................................................................................................................................152POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH OTHER UK LAWS....................................................................................153The Disability Discrimination Act ................................................................................................................ 153Potential for indirect racial discrimination .................................................................................................... 155Liability issues ............................................................................................................................................... 155EFFECTS ON EU FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT.........................................................................................157EU Freedom of Movement Principle.................................................................................................157EU Free Movement Principles and Directive 2004/38/EC........................................................................... 157The Proposed Scheme is Arguably Incompatible with Directive 2004/28/EC ............................................ 158The Directive’s Derogations Do Not Appear to Permit Blanket Restrictions.............................................. 160BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS AND ENGLISH LAW........................................................................................161Legal Evolution of the UK Passport and Royal Prerogative............................................................162Common Law Right to Leave the Country ........................................................................................163Rights Under Data Protection Laws .................................................................................................164Rights Under EC Treaty.....................................................................................................................164Rights Under ECHR...........................................................................................................................165BIOMETRICS ...........................................................................................................................................169Faith in the Perfectibility of Technology...........................................................................................169Usability, accessibility, and acceptance of biometrics .....................................................................174Fingerprinting....................................................................................................................................176Iris recognition and blind and visually impaired people..................................................................177Multiple biometrics ............................................................................................................................181The Significance of the UK Passport Service Trial...........................................................................182Enrolment Success ......................................................................................................................................... 182Verification Results ....................................................................................................................................... 183Attitudes Towards Biometrics ....................................................................................................................... 183Concluding Remarks on the Trial.................................................................................................................. 184Conclusions: Remarks on the Perfectibility of Technology..............................................................185SECURITY, SAFETY AND THE NATIONAL IDENTITY REGISTER .........................................187Secure Information Systems...............................................................................................................188Enrolment...........................................................................................................................................190Multiple Registrations........................................................................................................................191Identity Verification ...........................................................................................................................192Subject Consent for Access by Verifier to Data Held in the National Identity Register..................192Conditions for Access to Data Held in the National Identity Register.............................................194Access to Data Held in the National Identity Register without Subject Consent.............................195Inadequate Controls Covering Access without Consent............................................................................... 195The Ability of Government Agencies to Impersonate UK Citizens...................................................195Lack of Constraints on the Use of NIR derived Data Once Obtained..............................................196Insider Attacks and Auditing..............................................................................................................197Data Integrity and Database Pollution .............................................................................................198Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................198THE IT ENVIRONMENT IN THE UK .................................................................................................201Government Statements on Costs ......................................................................................................201Current Government Costing......................................................................................................................... 201The Importance of Scope............................................................................................................................... 204Confusing Passports and ID Costs................................................................................................................. 204Improvements in Government Cost Assessments......................................................................................... 207Sparse Studies ................................................................................................................................................ 207Gateway Reviews ...............................................................................................................................211Identity Cards Programme Gateway Reviews............................................................................................... 213The Challenges of UK Government IT Projects................................................................................215In Context: Government IT ........................................................................................................................... 216Common Project Challenges ......................................................................................................................... 216A Challenging Environment for Successful Projects.................................................................................... 221COST ASSUMPTIONS – COSTING THE GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSALS................................225COST ASSUMPTIONS...............................................................................................................................225