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Biometrics system for foreign students raises MPs' eyebrows
News The Home Affairs Committee looked at the role of the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS) in student visa applications as part of a report into migration processes. Under the scheme, students must... [05 Aug 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News In April, IBM was awarded the contract to administer the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS) database, which will hold identifying information such as facial images and fingerprints. The NBIS is used for... [13 Jul 2009]
£650m ID card biometrics: IBM and CSC win contracts
News On Tuesday, the Home Office announced that IBM had won a £265m contract to build and run the UK Border Agency database of fingerprints and facial images taken for passports and visa applications, called the National... [08 Apr 2009]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News Mobiles could eventually even be used to hold visa and biometric info. Mobile phones could be a godsend to the airline industry - saving time and therefore money. Mobile phones could be used to hold... [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to futuristic shopping
Photo This screen is connected to the biometric sensor and displays special offers that the system thinks are relevant to each customer's interests based on previous purchases. This system uses biometric... [04 Jun 2008]
Biometrics cuts days off UK visa processing
News Biometric technology has slashed the time taken to process visas for people coming to the UK, the government has said. UKvisas, the UK's visa checking agency, said it has cut the time taken to check the... [05 Mar 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News Biometric data would be submitted by travellers from outside the EU when applying for a visa, while those not needing a permit would be checked on arrival. From 2009, all EU passports will feature a... [14 Feb 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News Two major IT suppliers have pulled out of the bidding for lucrative contracts to build the systems underpinning the UK's national biometric ID card project. Both Accenture and BAE Systems have withdrawn from the... [25 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... [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. Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. [14 Jan 2008]
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... [09 Oct 2007]
Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick
News The Border and Immigration Agency is aiming to use biometric measures for all non-visa nationals arriving from outside the European Economic Area by 2011. Gatwick airport is the latest UK airport to... [09 Oct 2007]
Biometric visas get $4.4m tech boost
News The biometric programme has been running since September 2006 and aims to record fingerprints of every foreign national applying for a UK visa by April next year. The US-based biometric... [24 Sep 2007]
100,000 non-UK fingerprints recorded each month
News The biometric programme has been running since last September with the aim of recording the fingerprints of every foreign national applying for a UK visa by April 2008. This has already seen over 8,000... [17 Sep 2007]
Gov trumpets ePassports successes
News The government has pointed to the successes of its ePassports scheme, claiming 4,000 ineligible visa applications have been blocked due to biometric checks. Biometric checking enabled... [13 Jul 2007]
