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Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News The government said the deal will build on the success of the Iris scheme (Iris recognition immigration system) for trusted travellers, which enables registered passengers to enter the UK without queuing, following an eye scan. [03 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News B is for Biometrics G is for Government IT The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has scaled back plans to upgrade its electronic passport system. Millions had been spent on the Electronic Passport Application (EPA2) project upgrade. [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]
Open source: UK dragging its heels
News Biometrics from A-Z… Three years ago, Taylor said, an Office of Government Commerce study reached the same conclusion: a lot of government departments had signed up for an open-source project, only to leave when they found they were locked in. [15 May 2008]
IT education organisation takes Microsoft grumbles to EC
News Biometrics from A-Z… Becta, the organisation that advises the UK government on educational IT, has escalated its complaint over the interoperability of Microsoft's products to the European Commission. [14 May 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News B is for Biometrics The matter was sent to the High Court after the Office of Government Commerce appealed a decision by the tribunal to uphold a decision by the Information Commissioner to require the reviews were disclosed to activist Mark... [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News B is for Biometrics 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. [11 Apr 2008]
Brits get more data security savvy
News Biometrics from A-Z… Three-quarters of respondents said they are more worried about the safety of their personal information than before, with 53 per cent no longer confident in the ability of banks, local authorities or government departments to... [19 Mar 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study Inspector David Edge, who is coordinating the camera trial, told silicon.com: "Once the officer's finished his tour of duty or taken his prisoner back to the police station he can upload those recordings to a central server.silicon.com's A to Z of... [12 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News B is for Biometrics He said: "It is something very dangerous the government are doing. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. Hall said the decision to delay a Parliamentary... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment 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 timetable was to do this by 2010). [07 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News B is for Biometrics The penalties range from £125 for not notifying the government of the loss of an ID card, to £250 for not applying for a card or missing an appointment for fingerprint and facial scans. [06 Mar 2008]
Biometrics cuts days off UK visa processing
News The system speeds up the process by checking a visa applicant's ID and biometrics against a database held in the UK. He said the system, provided by PA Consulting Group and Software AG, was far more efficient than relying on manually checking... [05 Mar 2008]
'Fundamental' flaws in Child Support Agency IT
News Biometrics from A-Z… The agency's CS2 computer system, which was built by EDS, has been plagued with technical problems since it was launched in 2003 and the government is not expecting to finish inputting all child-maintenance claim cases until 2013. [04 Mar 2008]
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