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ID cards face student scorn
News Feedback from the site will be put towards tailoring the biometric card to suit young people's needs when they are offered the cards from 2010. One comment said: "This government ID data base gives me the creeps. [09 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News Blakey is critical of the lack of technology in prisons, calling for CCTV, biometric, scanning and phone blocking systems to be stepped up. The technological measures were announced by the government on the back of a report by ex-chief constable... [08 Jul 2008]
Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News Biometric technology is to be used to speed up travel between the UK and the US. The government said the deal will build on the success of the Iris scheme (Iris recognition immigration system) for trusted travellers, which enables registered... [03 Jul 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News Suppliers can use whichever biometric they choose in their solution but they will have to show it meets minimum standards and provides cost benefits. ID cards: Latest news Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release ... [20 Jun 2008]
Tony Mather
CIO Profile In addition to managing a tech budget in excess of £100m per year and major IT-related programmes such as biometric visas, shared services and the Firecrest project to upgrade the FCO's entire IT infrastructure, Mather runs the information... [11 Jun 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News The report, A Surveillance Society, cautions against the £4.4bn biometric card scheme and associated National Identity Register being used to invade privacy as a result of "function creep". The Home Affairs Committee report says the ID cards scheme... [09 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment There really is no need to go through the whole biometric ID business. And the idea that the government can effectively manage an IT project on this scale with five different suppliers, none of whom will actually be in competition, is farcical. [29 May 2008]
Time to bin ID cards?
News CSC, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM, and Thales made the shortlist to win the five parts of the single "framework contract", including a £500m deal to replace the existing passport application system, the £500m biometric fingerprint and photograph database... [23 May 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News The government plans to start taking the first biometric details from UK citizens for its National Identity Register scheme next year but has delayed the mass roll-out of the scheme until 2015. Click on the links below to find out everything you... [11 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK citizens for ID cards, starting next year. The ringleaders need to learn that our fingerprints are not government property. [11 Apr 2008]
InterPARES 2 Case Study Proposal: Computerization of Alsace-Moselle's Land Registry
White Paper The electronic registry will initially comprise the transcription of 40 000 existing paper registries (10 linear kms); each new database entry will be individually signed by a judge (magistrat), using a PKI infrastructure combining biometric... [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: £1,000 reward for PM's fingerprints
Photo The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK citizens for ID cards, starting next year. The ringleaders need to learn that our fingerprints are not government property. [07 Apr 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. B is for Behavioural biometric The Carma 2.0 system from Reveal Media is used to store video and make it searchable, helping the force comply with the... [12 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News Anyone renewing or applying for a new passport from 2011 onwards will be required to add their biometric details to the National Identity Register but they won't now be forced to pay for a physical ID card and can instead choose to just use their... [10 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up The government said it was still planning to force foreign nationals living in Britain to register their biometric details on the National Identity Register and carry an ID card by the end of the year. [07 Mar 2008]
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