United Kingdom (gb)

Biometric passport: Yes

According to Wikipedia, citizens of United Kingdom can/must have biometric passports [doesn't imply retaining biometric information].

National ID card: Rejected

According to wikipedia, United Kingdom doesn't have a national identity card.

The national ID was abolished in the 50s by Churchill. During the early 21^st century, there was a failed attempt to reinstate one. See also No2ID.net.

National Biometric database: Rejected

Contributed by Nir Hirshman

• EFF:

  Success Story: Dismantling UK’s Biometric ID Database

Causes for concern

Contributed by Israeli Digital Rights Movement

• New Statesman, 2 February, 2015:

  The hard line remained with pledges to install more CCTV cameras, an offer of a “new biometric ID scheme”, and promises to maintain the DNA database regime.