United Kingdom
Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 04:45
Card Name:
Identity Card
Date Issued:
2008
Issuing Agency:
Home Office
Voluntary or Mandatory:
Voluntary Information on the Card:
Photo
Name
Sex
Birth Date
Nationality
Other Information on the Card:
Signature
Card Purpose:
employment checks
public services
background checks
record checks
proof of age
Costs to User:
30 pounds
Playing the Identity Card: Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective, Routledge (2008)
Edited by Colin J. Bennett and David Lyon
Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance, Polity (2009)
By David Lyon
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