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Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo Hero bot is part of a range of technologies used to protect UK and EU borders, including the e-Borders scheme that relies on biometric checks to screen travellers crossing country borders. Richard Williams, civil autonomous systems director at BAE... [24 Jul 2008]
Experian launches biometric voice ID checks
News Experian has launched a voice biometric hosted ID verification service pitched at customer call centres. The company claims it has the only biometric technology in the world to gain EU certification for advanced digital signatures. [23 Jun 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News B is for Behavioural biometric Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. The project, called Lantern, is intended to examine how time can be saved by officers trying to establish the identity of... [11 Jun 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]
Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system.silicon.com's A to Z of... [26 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News Foreign nationals living in Britain will have to register their biometric details on the National Identity Register and carry an ID card by the end of this year. Biometric data for the cards is likely to be captured by private companies with people... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment But employers will be forced to stump up for the physical hardware and associated IT costs of installing equipment to do the biometric checks, as well as a fee for each check. B is for Behavioural biometric [07 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Automated biometric systems will eventually replace the often laborious system of repeated manual passport and security checks that plague fliers today, said Matthew Finn, director of government and security for airline industry IT body Sita. [21 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. B is for Behavioural biometric Biometric data would be submitted by travellers from outside the EU when applying... [14 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News Biometric passenger checks have landed at Heathrow that will allow domestic travellers to access more shops and restaurants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Travellers waiting to board UK-bound flights will now be able to access the larger... [08 Feb 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. B is for Behavioural biometric Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. [14 Jan 2008]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The proposed national identity register for the ID card scheme will store even more data, including biometric information - what happens if your fingerprint records fall into the hands of identity thieves? [22 Nov 2007]
100,000 non-UK fingerprints recorded each month
News This has already seen over 8,000 sets of prints matched to individuals "of concern" which the government said proves the effectiveness of the biometric checks.silicon.com Public Sector The biometric programme has been running since last September... [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. Speaking at a Westminster eForum, Stephen Harrison, director of Policy at the Identity and... [13 Jul 2007]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News Asked whether they'd be happy to go through biometric security checks in airports, nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of respondents to a silicon.com reader poll said they would.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [27 Jun 2007]
