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Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo ID cards will be able to be used to verify a person's identity via the cards' embedded microchip, which will store the cardholder's biographic information, their photograph and a scan of two of their... [30 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News In April, IBM was awarded the contract to administer the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS) database, which will hold identifying information such as facial images and fingerprints. On Friday, the party said that... [13 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News The cost of providing ID cards and biometric passports over the next 10 years has been reduced to £5bn on the basis that people would scan their fingerprints and facial photographs in high street... [08 Jul 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The biometric passports are part of a wider government strategy which also encompasses an ID card scheme. The Liberal Democrats recently said the present government is not capable of managing a project... [12 Jun 2009]
ID cards head for the high street
News The Post Office, pharmacists and photography shops are in talks to scan photos and fingerprints for ID cards. Under the plans customers will be able to use the high street outlets to scan their... [06 May 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News He estimated that as much as 70 per cent of the spam now sent over the internet bears the fingerprints of Russian cybercriminals. We're not far behind," says Mularski, who spent a couple of years infiltrating a crime... [23 Apr 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News But avoiding getting a card or having your fingerprints and photograph stored in the National Identity Register may prove increasingly difficult as the Identity Act 2006 has left the government free to... [15 Apr 2009]
£650m ID card biometrics: IBM and CSC win contracts
News On Tuesday, the Home Office announced that IBM had won a £265m contract to build and run the UK Border Agency database of fingerprints and facial images taken for passports and visa applications, called the National... [08 Apr 2009]
ID cards to remain unreadable until next year
News While the cardholder's details and photo are printed on the face of the card, their fingerprints can only be accessed by reading the chip. Crothers said it will be up to other public and private bodies... [07 Apr 2009]
Home Office to widen ID card grasp?
News Under the proposed regulations, which are part of government plans, applicants under six categories for UK immigration will need to provide fingerprints and a photograph to be stored electronically on the... [13 Feb 2009]
Exclusive: ID cards are here - but police can't read them
News While some details about the holder as well as their photo is printed on the face of the card, the cardholder's fingerprints can only be accessed by reading the chip. Identity minister Meg Hillier told... [04 Feb 2009]
ID cards: Rely on 'visual check' as biometrics unreadable
News Fingerprints and facial scans will be captured at seven UKBA centres, starting with Croydon today before rolling it out to other centres in Armagh, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool and Sheffield, with all centres... [25 Nov 2008]
Row over high street biometrics
News While anti-ID campaigners have said it will be almost impossible to lock fingerprints to biographical details in a secure manner if those biometrics are taken in a high-street business, Smith said on... [10 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News Critics say it will inflate the £30 it will cost for a card as the public also have to pay to have their fingerprints taken, with the Home Office estimating the scanners will generate between £120m and... [07 Nov 2008]
ID scheme treads the high street for fingerprints
News The Home Office wants to use the tender process to gauge whether businesses such as post offices and banks would be interested in participating in taking fingerprints from people for the scheme, silicon.com sister site... [06 Nov 2008]
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