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RSS airport idManchester 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]
£18m National Identity Register deal awarded
News The defence contractor will design, build, test and operate an early version of the National Identity Register (NIR) and ID card application system for airport workers, which will go live from the second half of 2009. [04 Aug 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News ID cards for 'airside' workers - those who work beyond airport security checks - will become compulsory in 2009. However, James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, maintained that the cards would enhance airport security. [07 Jul 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News ID cards: Latest news Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill ID cards chief defends u-turn ID card u-turn by government ID cards... [20 Jun 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News ID cards: Latest news Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill ID cards chief defends u-turn ID card u-turn by government ID cards... [09 Jun 2008]
Time to bin ID cards?
News ID cards: Latest news Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill ID cards chief defends u-turn ID card u-turn by government ID cards... [23 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Doing little to dispel the general sense of despair at Heathrow was news the airport has had to temporarily suspend plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through the airport. [28 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News James Hall, director of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), told silicon.com the revised scheme is likely to cut £1bn off its £5.4bn price tag, that power station workers are likely to join airport workers and Olympic security staff as the... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment So essentially the 'new' ID card scheme will consist of ID cards for foreign nationals and people working in high security risk areas or occupations - airport workers being the first to be targeted. Z is for Zurich Airport [07 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment I can categorically say that the deployment of biometrics in the airport environment more than meet the business case. ID outrage ID cards: Gov't slap on fines of up to £1,000 ID cards are a really bad idea in light of my experience of government... [28 Feb 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News Airport union Unite recently called for consultation on airport workers being among the first groups in the UK to need ID cards. The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. [26 Feb 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Z is for Zurich Airport 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]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News Airport workers are calling for consultation over plans to make them first in line for ID cards. BAA confirmed it was talking to the Home Office about airport workers being among those required to have ID cards under the £5.4bn National Identity... [20 Feb 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News The first UK citizens will get the cards in 2009 when they are given to workers in trusted positions such as airport staff or people working in other sensitive locations, while foreign nationals coming to the UK will be given cards from the end of... [24 Jan 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News Z is for Zurich Airport Immigration minister Liam Byrne congratulated Border and Immigration Agency officials and set out 10 milestones to strengthen border protection this year, which include introducing compulsory ID cards for foreign nationals... [14 Jan 2008]
