E-Borders: Big Brother Strikes Again
By the end of 2010 the Government will track nearly every travel movement in and out of the UK.
The new electronic snooping system, e-borders, will require travellers to submit their exact travel plans including passport numbers, names and addresses and possibly even payment details. It will apply to everyone crossing UK borders - apart from illegal immigrants in the back of freezer trucks of course. Anyone caught flouting the law faces a fine of up to £5,000.
According to a report in the Daily Telegraph the massive database will allow the authorities to pry into the details of 250 million journeys a year. It is believed the data could be held for as long as ten years after the travel date.
Phil Booth of privacy group NO2ID told the Telegraph: "Given the Government's appalling record on looking after our data, it just doesn't seem sensible for it to pass details like this and sensitive financial information around."
How reassuring that the Government is going to keep an even closer eye on the law abiding majority.
The new electronic snooping system, e-borders, will require travellers to submit their exact travel plans including passport numbers, names and addresses and possibly even payment details. It will apply to everyone crossing UK borders - apart from illegal immigrants in the back of freezer trucks of course. Anyone caught flouting the law faces a fine of up to £5,000.
According to a report in the Daily Telegraph the massive database will allow the authorities to pry into the details of 250 million journeys a year. It is believed the data could be held for as long as ten years after the travel date.
Phil Booth of privacy group NO2ID told the Telegraph: "Given the Government's appalling record on looking after our data, it just doesn't seem sensible for it to pass details like this and sensitive financial information around."
How reassuring that the Government is going to keep an even closer eye on the law abiding majority.
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