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Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Sita has had general talks with the UK government about future border control systems and has been involved with developing a number of precursors to these technologies, including the miSense biometric security trial at Heathrow Airport. [21 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News And the union said it wants to make sure workers will not shoulder the projected £93 cost of the biometric card. Airport workers are calling for consultation over plans to make them first in line for ID cards. [20 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. [14 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News Biometric data is already in use for border control purposes at other airports in the UK, including Gatwick and Manchester Airport. Biometric passenger checks have landed at Heathrow that will allow domestic travellers to access more shops and... [08 Feb 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News Leaked Home Office documents reveal teenagers may need an ID card to open a bank account or take out a student loan from 2010 - making them among the first people to have the controversial biometric cards in the UK. [24 Jan 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News UK police are in talks with the FBI about an international biometric database to track down the world's most wanted criminals and terrorists.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know... [15 Jan 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News All applicants for visas to enter the UK will face biometric fingerprint checks from the end of this month. B is for Behavioural biometric Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. [14 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News B is for Behavioural biometric Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. ID cards will combine biometric data with identity details and that data will also be stored on the National Identity... [10 Jan 2008]
Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly
News B is for Behavioural biometric Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. Z is for Zurich Airport Fuzzy logic uses computational mathematics to reach conclusions based on vague information... [03 Jan 2008]
Millions of L-driver details "gone missing"
News Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. B is for Behavioural biometric Z is for Zurich Airport In a speech to Parliament yesterday, transport minister Ruth Kelly said the details had been lost... [18 Dec 2007]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment B is for Behavioural biometric For example, biometric solutions can also be used as a substitute to key cards. Integration with security systems is a key one, where a biometric measure in addition to standard measures can make systems as watertight... [23 Nov 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. Fees for adult UK passports have risen by £45 between 1998 and 2006 to £66 with the introduction of the first biometric ePassports. [10 Oct 2007]
Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick
News Gatwick airport is the latest UK airport to trial biometric fingerprinting technology to boost immigration security. At present only arrivals from Sierra Leone who have been issued with biometric visas in the capital Freetown will be included in... [09 Oct 2007]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News Iris scanning isn't the only UK airport biometric tech to get off the ground. But some sided with the 37 per cent of the silicon.com poll respondents who were unhappy with the biometric airport checks. [27 Jun 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News Air travellers have backed biometric security checks after a four-month trial of the passenger screening technology at London's Heathrow airport. The manual check before security is then replaced by an automatic barrier activated by the passenger's... [20 Jun 2007]
