Identity card holder and system

An identity card holder comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• an interface for communicating with an identity card;
• long-range communications circuitry for communicating with a remote server apparatus remote from the identity card holder;
• wherein the processor is configured:
• to receive identification data from the identity card via the interface to identify a user;
• to use the long-range communications circuitry to communicate identity data, the identity data being or being at least based on the identification data, to the server apparatus remote from the identity card holder.

A server apparatus, wherein the server apparatus comprises:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• and
• long-range communications circuitry capable of establishing communications with an identity card holder, wherein the identity card holder is remote from the server apparatus;
• wherein the server apparatus processor is configured to:
• receive identity data from the remote identity card holder, the identity data indicating the identity of a user using the identity card holder.

A method of operating an identity card system, the method comprising:

• at an identity card holder, detecting the presence of an identity card and reading information therefrom which allows an identity of a user associated with the identity card to be known, and sending the information to a remote server;
• at a remote server:
• logging information received from the identity card holder regarding the identity of the user associated with the identity card and information regarding the identity card holder;
• and
• sending restricted information to the identity card holder, wherein the restricted information is relevant to a user of the identity card holder.