ID card
RSS ID card
ID cards: 10,000 Brits want to sign up
News Thousands of UK citizens have registered their interest in getting their very own ID card. The ID card that will be issued to UK citizens According to the Home Office,... [19 Oct 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News The ID card that will be issued to UK citizens (photo credit: Home Office) The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's ID cards scheme. Sir... [14 Sep 2009]
Largest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News Formerly a federal government informant, Gonzalez also was arrested in New Jersey in 2003 on charges related to ATM and debit card fraud. Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland... [18 Aug 2009]
Revealed: How much scrapping the ID card would save the taxpayer
News Since its very inception, there has been no shortage of voices clamouring for the end of the ID card scheme. The ID card for foreign nationals unveiled last November... [13 Aug 2009]
Taxman's scam warning: Fraudsters want your passwords
News The phishing scam encouraged recipients to give their bank or credit card details in order to collect the supposed tax refund - leaving them open to having their bank accounts drained and the possibility of... [06 Aug 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo This is the first glimpse at what the British ID card will look like. There is also doubt among MPs and academics over how many people will be willing to pay £60 to have an ID... [30 Jul 2009]
India's social ills soothed by outsourcing leaders?
Comment No single ID card is widespread, though. Urban, educated Indians have a multitude of identification cards provided by the government such as passport, driver's licence, income tax payee... [27 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.07.09
Round-Up The scam works by encouraging recipients to give their bank or credit card details in order to collect the supposed tax refund - leaving them open to having their bank accounts drained and the possibility of... [24 Jul 2009]
Getting a tax refund? Don't be too sure
News The phishing scam works by encouraging recipients to give their bank or credit card details in order to collect the supposed tax refund - leaving them open to having their bank accounts drained and the possibility of... [23 Jul 2009]
Revealed: £12.4m cost of pilots' ID cards project
News Edgar Whitley, reader in information systems at the London School of Economics and co-author of two LSE reports on the ID card project, said it is hard to justify the spending on the CWIC project.... [23 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News On Friday, the party said that it would take a close look at all ID card-related contracts if it came to power. The Conservative Party told ID card contractors in June... [13 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News This is the latest blow to hit the ID card project - the government has already announced it does not plan to make the cards compulsory and has recently dropped plans which require airside workers and... [08 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News On Wednesday MPs will vote on secondary legislation under the Identity Cards Act 2006 that will introduce the fee of £30 for enrolling details on the National Identity Register and a further £30 for submitting an application for the... [07 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The government has been slammed over its decision to press ahead with the national ID card scheme following Home Secretary Alan Johnson's announcement that carrying an ID... [01 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News We have never seen the national ID card as an improvement to security, and we are glad that the new Home Secretary has listened to Balpa," said McAuslan. The Conservatives have pledged to scrap the... [01 Jul 2009]
