ID cards on trial
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News He faces trial on the New York charges next month. Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, and the Hannaford Brothers... [18 Aug 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News The project is moving on apace, with foreign nationals issued with ID cards in November 2008 and cards due to be made compulsory for some airport workers in late 2009 -... [15 Apr 2009]
Manchester Airport begins biometric ID trial
News Manchester Airport has begun a six-month trial of biometric face recognition technology that will scan passengers and use automatic gates in an attempt to tighten border security and speed up immigration checks. [20 Aug 2008]
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... [21 Feb 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News The trial continues until May 2008 However, only arrivals from Sierra Leone were included in the trial, as these flights arrived in the UK at a quiet time for immigration staff. This happened before the... [19 Dec 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... [09 Oct 2007]
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Comment Jon Catt, Scotland sample - not only a waste of my taxes but a totally meaningless trial - restricted to CRB checks which are so simple they defy reason.volunteers - since when has an 'impartial' field... [04 Oct 2007]
ID cards-based criminal record checks 'are A-OK'
News Plans for a new service using the government's controversial ID cards scheme to speed up criminal records checks have met with approval from volunteers involved in a trial of the tech.... [01 Oct 2007]
Photos of the month - September 06
Photo Then the prosecution and defence took the stage for a live CIO Jury trial on whether businesses should fear Google. The event continued with a McCue Interview on stage with government... [28 Sep 2006]
Co-op doubles fingerprint payment supermarkets
News Three more Co-ops are to be kitted out with equipment that will allow shoppers to pay using their index fingerprint after the supermarket chain decided to extend a trial of Pay by Touch technology. A Mid Counties Co-op... [24 Jul 2006]
Leader: ID cards face identity crisis
Leader It's been just over a year since silicon.com launched the ID Cards on Trial campaign. Our campaign has always had the backing of senior figures in the political and IT... [10 Jul 2006]
Official: ID cards project will fail
News Read silicon.com's leader on the ongoing ID Cards on Trial campaign and the A to Z of ID cards for the lowdown... [10 Jul 2006]
ID card spending doubles to £56m
News The IPS said it will trial taking fingerprints next year as a second passport biometric. The new Identity and Passport Service will spend £56m on setting up the controversial ID... [21 Apr 2006]
Leader: ID cards fight must go on
Leader Here on silicon.com we will shift the focus of our ID Cards on Trial campaign towards scrutinising the procurement and delivery of the scheme every step... [31 Mar 2006]
New ID cards agency set up after Queen approves bill
News Plus: Read our leader on the ongoing silicon.com ID Cards on Trial campaign. The government has wasted no time in starting work on the... [31 Mar 2006]
