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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 fingerprints. [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... [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 other deal, a contract to provide the National Biometric Identity Service with a database to support the introduction of biometric passports and ID cards, was awarded to IBM. The... [12 Jun 2009]

The A to Z of ID cards

News In April 2009 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... [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. In February silicon.com revealed that no police stations, border entry points or... [07 Apr 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. Currently no police stations, border entry points or... [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 Thursday that the... [10 Nov 2008]

ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?

News Yesterday the government began touting for high street businesses and other companies to install the equipment to take the 10 fingerprints, facial and signature scan that will be stored in the NIR. Critics say it will... [07 Nov 2008]

ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'

News The government was badly advised by its internal scientists in the Home Office when it took the decision to base the biometric system on fingerprints instead of iris patterns. The ID card scheme will... [26 Sep 2008]

UK ID cards unveiled today

News The cards, expected to cost about £30, are fitted with a chip containing scans of a facial photograph, two fingerprints and identity information. Doubts have also been raised about its reliance on... [25 Sep 2008]

ID card contract shortlist gets shorter

News IBM and Thales are through to the next round of discussions for a £500m contract to deliver the National Biometric Identity Service programme to replace the existing passport photo... [16 Sep 2008]

£18m National Identity Register deal awarded

News A recent independent review of the ID cards scheme by the Biometrics Assurance Group suggested the system could struggle in capturing the fingerprints of up to four million people. A prototype of the UK ID card... [04 Aug 2008]

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