The British government is making yet another database – this time with details of all overseas travel.
The database will store names, addresses, phone numbers, seat reservations, travel itineraries and credit card details for every trip made. And the reason? Fighting crime, illegal immigration and terrorism of course! How many travel itineraries are likely to say “Monday, visit Houses of Parliament; Tuesday, return with 300lbs of semtex”? How many credit cards are likely to have been issued to Al Qaeda Enterprises?
It’s a fucking joke. A sick joke, but a joke nonetheless. This wil do nothing to combat crime or terrorism, it’s all about controlling the civillian population. George Orwell must be turning in his grave to see the party he supported creating the surveillance state he warned us all about.
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be cool about this, should we not be more worried by the fact they dont keep this info?
I was accused of a serious crime but the only proof that i was not in the country were the russian immigration stamps on my passport, you would think that my details were kept by our border people?
no they are not, they dont keep them and have not bothered since the early 90s