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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]
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]
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]
ID cards are dead
Comment But the big shift in the government's plans is the subtle sidelining of the physical biometric ID card itself. Although passport applicants will have to give up their biometric scans for the national register they won't be required to pay £30... [07 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. [26 Feb 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]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News And the union said it wants to make sure workers will not shoulder the projected £93 cost of the biometric card. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. [20 Feb 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News The project has never been far from the pages of silicon.com - so here's the pick of our coverage on the government's biometric identity scheme. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card... [29 Jan 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News Two major IT suppliers have pulled out of the bidding for lucrative contracts to build the systems underpinning the UK's national biometric ID card project. Both Accenture and BAE Systems have withdrawn from the procurement process for contracts to... [25 Jan 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News Leaked Home Office documents reveal teenagers may need an ID card to open a bank account or take out a student loan from 2010 - making them among the first people to have the controversial biometric cards in the UK. [24 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. B is for Behavioural biometric ID cards will combine biometric data with identity details and that data will also be stored on the National Identity... [10 Jan 2008]
ID cards will be secure, insists Home Office
News The Home Office spokesman added: "No one is saying the scheme will be a panacea but by linking unique biometric information - initially face, fingerprint and possibly in future iris too - to one set of biographical information will make the use of... [25 Oct 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. Fees for adult UK passports have risen by £45 between 1998 and 2006 to £66 with the introduction of the first biometric ePassports. [10 Oct 2007]
£31m pumped into ID card project
News More than 4.8 million biometric passports have also been dished out during the last financial year, with the IPS posting a deficit of £2.1m on its passport services - which is lower than the planned deficit of £15m, the report reveals. [30 Jul 2007]
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