When they tell you that access to ID database information will be strictly controlled and how telephone and internet service provider records will not be accessible to every petty bureaucrat wanting to chase a council tax debt or whatever, remember this:

BBC NEWS | Politics | Met given real time C-charge data:

Met given real time C-charge data

The congestion charge covers central London

Police are to be given live access to London's congestion charge cameras - allowing them to track all vehicles entering and leaving the zone.

Anti-terror officers will be exempted from parts of the Data Protection Act to allow them to see the date, time and location of vehicles in real time.

They previously had to apply for access on a case-by-case basis.

Oh, and of course, it only has to be done by regulation, not law, so parliament has no recourse on this. What next, your Oyster Card used to track your movements via public transport? Oh, they already do you say?

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