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Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo In response the Home Office has proposed it will delete the profiles of those arrested but not convicted of a serious violent or sexual crime after 12 years and delete the profiles of anyone arrested but not convicted... [10 Jun 2009]
Is that a police station in your pocket?
News I would say that we are about two or three years away from that - all we need to do is to agree where our priorities are and discover those killer applications," he told silicon.com.silicon.com's e-Crime... [16 Dec 2008]
Europe to get cyber crime alert system
News Europol, the European law enforcement body, is to get €300,000 to build the alert system to pool reports of cyber crime, such as online ID and financial theft, from across the 27 member states.... [28 Nov 2008]
Inbox: Brits baying for blood over ID
Comment So get ready for more "it's to stop crime/terrorism/stealing from you/harm to the kiddies" fear making announcements from the Home Secretary designed to stop you trusting anyone but the government. For example, if a bank... [24 Nov 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News We all want to see our borders more secure and human trafficking, benefit fraud and immigration crime tackled. The UK will produce up to one million ID cards for foreign nationals every year, according... [25 Sep 2008]
Manchester Airport begins biometric ID trial
News The UK Border Agency also announced that the control centre for e-Borders will be based in Manchester, where they intend to tackle drug, gun, immigration and sex crime with a force made up of 9,000... [20 Aug 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News She said the two fingerprints and photograph stored on the card would provide greater protection against identity theft and help fight illegal working, immigration abuse and serious crime. Young people have condemned... [09 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tech skills slump, gov't snooping, Segway safety
Comment Look at their sustained rearguard action against ID cards, and their more recent demands for more e-crime policing. Also, the government's latest surveillance plans have had readers up... [22 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive ¦ FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social... [17 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News Violent crime has doubled, immigration has tripled and police now spend more time on paper work than patrol. The UK's ID card scheme has helped fuel a 2,000 per cent hike in the cost of Home Office... [11 Apr 2008]
Tech to cut red tape and leave police to police
News Various time saving, crime-fighting devices are also being used, including video ID parades, live-scan electronic fingerprinting, wearable body cameras and a £50m capital fund to deliver 10,000 mobile... [08 Feb 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News Other topics to hit the security headlines in 2007 included wi-fi piggybacking, encryption technology and calls for a standalone police unit to tackle the ever more sophisticated world of cyber crime. [13 Dec 2007]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office, the Financial Services Authority and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency have also been notified. He also called on the government to abandon its... [20 Nov 2007]
Leader: How to put out the fires of ID fraud
Leader Equally, when a crime is committed companies also need to be able to report it to police who will act on the information - although that is a separate issue. And so it's a welcome move that MPs in the All Party Group on... [08 Oct 2007]
'Stronger data breach laws needed in Asia'
News Noting that the penalties in Asia are often disproportionately low in relation to the crime committed, Cox said: "In Singapore, spammers can be fined. But you've got half the population online, so it's a bigger... [28 Sep 2007]
