Petition Make it compulsory for everyone in the UK to carry a blank identity chip

By default, the only thing stored on the chip will be the holder's biometrics (encrypted); no identity information, not even a name.

Parliament must decide whether some exceptions, such as criminals or children at risk, should have identity and other information encrypted onto their chip.

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As most people will have a blank chip, the exceptions would be quickly filtered out and dealt with. For example, an injured child taken to A&E would be recognized as 'at risk'.

Illegal immigrants will not have a chip, so would be easier to isolate and process.

For a fuller understanding of this, carefully constructed, national framework for protecting privacy without hiding wrongdoing, watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw99cHR8mzg

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

24 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 24 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 31 January 2016
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