I think one of the most chilling aspects of this roll out has the attempts to shutdown debate about security concerns with handing over biometrics to unknow entities.

That's even to just access mainstream services such as direct messaging on social media sites.

The most high profile example of this is the Technology Secretary Peter Kyle comparing Nigel Farage to a sex offender, specifically Jimmy Saville.

Regardless of what you think of Farrage[1], that's a terrible thing to say. There are ligitimate concerns about this Act.

The ICO is charged with protecting privacy and punishing breaches of personal information due to incompetence. Well they've never prosecuted an organisation for a biometric data breach.

Until the ICO actually has teeth, and uses them, they shouldn't have introduced these restrictions and that's before we even get to the fact that the Act doesn't achieve what it say it will.

1. ...and I have very little positive to say about him but he is still an opposition MP and it is his job to oppose the government.