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'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News The Department for Transport (DfT) advised the committee that it was becoming increasingly difficult for Post Office staff to spot high quality fake passports that were being used for over the counter checks when... [08 Jul 2009]
Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment They should also be subject to regular routine checks. The government's U-turn on ID cards this week caused readers to reach for their keyboards in force. Great news and hopefully the beginning of the... [06 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News Airside workers will continue to be encouraged to obtain an identity card, which they can do for free, making it quicker and simpler for background checks to be carried out to verify an individual's identity as part of... [01 Jul 2009]
Pilots to bail out on ID cards
News Identity cards will directly benefit airside workers - not just by improving personnel security, but also by speeding up pre-employment checks and increasing the efficiency of pass-issuing arrangements, making it easier... [08 May 2009]
Five ways to tempt and tame Gen Y
Comment Companies may only want employees using Facebook during their lunch hour, for example, while allowing human resources to access the site at all times, so that it can conduct background checks on would-be employees. [05 May 2009]
ID cards to remain unreadable until next year
News The UK will have no way of reading the data stored on ID cards until next year - more than a year after the first cards were issued. The ID cards' chips carry biographical data, as well as facial and... [07 Apr 2009]
Pilots want to put the brakes on ID card plan
News Identity cards will directly benefit airside workers - not just by improving personnel security but also by speeding up pre-employment checks and increasing the efficiency of pass-issuing arrangements, making it easier... [16 Feb 2009]
UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords
News The information commissioner should also be able to carry out unannounced spot checks on private sector organisations to check they are complying with the data protection act, the report recommended. At the same time... [06 Feb 2009]
Exclusive: ID cards are here - but police can't read them
News The first UK ID cards have already been issued - but no UK police officers or border guards have any way of reading the data stored on them. The news comes in spite of the first ID cards being issued to... [04 Feb 2009]
Banks: ID cards 'have been stripped of useful features'
News For example, doing a high-value cash withdrawal, a counter-based withdrawal, where a financial institution asks you to put the ID card in a reader, checks it's a valid card and takes a pin number. While... [30 Jan 2009]
Is that a police station in your pocket?
News Handheld fingerprint readers will also be made available to police across the UK from 2010 as part of Project Midas, allowing officers to perform on the spot ID checks without having to take suspects... [16 Dec 2008]
Inbox: Why is Westminster lost for Words?
Comment The first UK ID cards will be of limited use for full biometric ID checks on foreign workers, with the government yet to reveal a timetable for the deployment of scanners capable of... [01 Dec 2008]
'You don't really want to do that...'
News Collins said security will take this step forward as government departments upgrade their computer systems and demand suppliers build in checks and balances. Collins said specialist "information asset owners" had been... [01 Dec 2008]
ID cards: Rely on 'visual check' as biometrics unreadable
News The first UK ID cards will be of limited use for full biometric ID checks on foreign workers, with the government yet to reveal a timetable for the deployment of scanners capable of... [25 Nov 2008]
Half of Brits willing to give blood to prove identity
News Home Office minister Meg Hillier said in a statement: "Using biometric identity cards will improve the way we verify our identity and this research suggests the public recognise how important secure and reliable checks are. [19 Nov 2008]
