Cromer no2id
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Cromer NO2ID is the local area group for the national United Kingdom NO2ID campaign, a single-issue group focussed on the threat to liberty and privacy posed by the rapid growth of the database state, often likened to George Orwell's 1984 and "Big Brother" style surveillance. UK ID Cards are the most visible part of the proposals. The branch formed in May 2008, and is run by coordinator, Karen Alexander.
Cromer NO2ID is currently the first group of its kind in North Norfolk, (a Norwich group being the nearest) aiming to bring the implications of the proposed National Identity Register (NIR) and the possible effects of this to the attention of the people of Cromer and the surrounding area in order that they may make informed choices, rather than, as warned by the Information Commissioner "sleepwalking into a surveillance society".
NO2ID are entirely independent, and do not endorse any party, nor campaign on any other topic.
The local group aims to publicise the case against state identity management on a local level. Cromer NO2ID's members are a collection of volunteers from all sorts of backgrounds, who engage in activities to raise awareness of the ID card system, and the proposed National Identity Register.
Under UK government plans, from 2009 everyone living across Norfolk would be forced to travel to Norwich when they need to renew their passports, and would have to register for an ID Card at the same time. Those with identity cards who lose or damage them, or move house without telling the ID card authorities, could face fines of up to £1000.
Cromer NO2ID meets monthly in the town of Cromer, Norfolk, to plan future events for raising awareness, the signing of petitions, raising funds for the campaign, and asking people to pledge not to comply with the ID scheme.
