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News B is for Biometrics 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. She said the two fingerprints and photograph stored on the card would provide... [09 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News B is for Biometrics The IPS is also responsible for delivering the ID cards scheme, which will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million "critical" workers in 2009, young people in 2010 and the rest of the UK public in... [02 Jul 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News The £4.4bn National Identity Scheme's (NIS) preference for relying on fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics exposes the system to error, according to the independent Biometrics Assurance Group (BAG). [20 Jun 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News In the report Ross Anderson, a security expert from Cambridge University, also warns that biometrics can easily be stolen by organised gangsters. He said: "Once you start using biometrics on a very wide scale, for all sorts of everyday transactions... [09 Jun 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News B is for Biometrics The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. Judge Stanley Burnton overturned the decision by the Information Tribunal that the ID card gateway reviews should be published. [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News B is for Biometrics The UK's ID card scheme has helped fuel a 2,000 per cent hike in the cost of Home Office consultants - taking the bill up to £147m last year. Spending on consultants within the Identity and Passport Service, responsible for... [11 Apr 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News B is for Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. The head of Britain's ID cards project and national identity database has defended the government's revised ID card... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment Politically, ID cards are dead.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics The mass population won't now be required to register their biometrics on the national identity register when renewing or applying for a new passport until 2012 now (the original... [07 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News B is for Biometrics A government u-turn has ditched plans to force people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. For the few who are likely to actually want a standalone biometric ID card they will also have the option... [06 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News B is for Biometrics The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Doubts in the scheme were further exacerbated by Accenture and BAE Systems pulling out of the procurement... [26 Feb 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Another major advantage is that a single document or card could work with different biometric readers across the world by containing biometrics ranging from fingerprints to iris scans. By 2015, biometric technology will make getting on a plane... [21 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News B is for Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. And the union said it wants to make sure workers will not shoulder the projected £93 cost of the biometric card. [20 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: ID cards - cock-up and conspiracy...
Comment The action takes place in a UK where ID cards and biometrics have become a standard method of verifying identity. It's great that primetime TV wants to tackle subjects such as ID cards, biometrics and surveillance. [20 Feb 2008]
ID cards? One in four says no!
News B is for Biometrics Support for the UK's national ID card programme continues to plummet as one quarter of people say they are strongly opposed to the scheme. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the... [06 Feb 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News B is for Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs Loans and bank accounts to require card… [29 Jan 2008]
