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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]
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]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in the public sector
News But people who opt out would still have to pay for the ID card - and have their fingerprints and personal details taken and stored on the national identity register (NIR) when they got a new passport. [21 Dec 2006]
ID card mega-database ditched
News Iris scans are now not going to be used following the review of the project in the summer - only fingerprints and facial biometrics. James Hall, CEO of the Identity and Passport Service,... [19 Dec 2006]
ID card spending doubles to £56m
News The IPS said it will trial taking fingerprints next year as a second passport biometric. It said: "We anticipate piloting the recording of fingerprints as a second biometric from... [21 Apr 2006]
New ID cards agency set up after Queen approves bill
News But the compromise means that those who choose to opt out will still have to pay for the ID card - and have their fingerprints, iris scans and personal details taken and stored on the national identity register (NIR)... [31 Mar 2006]
First biometric passports issued to diplomats
News Later versions are likely to include other biometrics such as fingerprints. The UK Passport service has already started enforcing new photo standards during the quiet season to allow... [08 Nov 2005]
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