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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. This contract... [13 Jul 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The passports will feature new designs and improved security, including the ability to carry fingerprint biometrics. Today we are affirming our commitment to making this travel document more secure than ever by using... [12 Jun 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. The ID cards' chips carry biographical data, as well as facial and... [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. The cards themselves carry biographical data, as well... [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]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News But academic John Daugman, a former member of the Biometrics Assurance Group (BAG) which reviewed the scheme, says its reliance on fingerprints and facial photos to verify a person's identity will cause the system to... [26 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. ID cards: Latest news ID cards... [04 Aug 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News BAG claims that "exception handling" - dealing with mismatched or unclear fingerprints - would occupy a large amount of NIS' resources, putting the technology, delivery and costs under strain. BAG claims there are four... [20 Jun 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News The Home Office documents predict the cards will be fitted with a "tamperproof chip" containing encrypted information, which would include the holder's face, two fingerprints, personal details and immigration status. [26 Feb 2008]
UK passports face massive price hike
News The cost of a passport is set to increase "substantially" over the next five years to cover the cost of larger electronic chips that will hold more data and fingerprints. The report stated: "Larger... [10 Oct 2007]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News The more advanced screening requires the passenger to undergo a manual enrolment at the airport where their 10 fingerprints, two irises and facial image are scanned and stored on a database. Biometric... [06 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]
Devil's Advocate: Biometrics offer false hope
Comment There is something quite offensive about being subjected to physical checks such as fingerprints and iris scans. There was the Japanese man, Matsumoto, who made a false latex 'finger' for about £5 worth of materials,... [03 May 2005]
ID cards: So unreliable they make your eyes water
News Labourers, pen pushers and others who have rough hands or faint fingerprints will confuse the readers. If keeping track of the fingerprints and iris scans of the living wasn't hard enough, Home Secretary... [07 May 2004]
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