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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]
'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 outlets, which also... [08 Jul 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The Identity and Passport Service on Thursday announced the £400m contract for the passports, which will be available to UK citizens from October 2010. James Hall, chief... [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... [08 Apr 2009]
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]
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 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]
ID cards rollout pushed back to 2012
News Biometric passports were introduced on schedule in 2006 but the spokesman said it was reviewing the date for the introduction of the second generation biometric passport, which would include fingerprints. [23 Jan 2008]
ID cards to cost more than £5.6bn
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, according to a separate report by... [09 Nov 2007]
Biometric passports: Sidekicks, sunglasses, smiles and scarves banned
News While biometrics can use a person's fingerprints, iris or face to identify them, Europe has opted for the face as its favourite biometric for identity documents. According to a specification from the International Civil... [12 Aug 2004]
ID cards: So unreliable they make your eyes water
News If keeping track of the fingerprints and iris scans of the living wasn't hard enough, Home Secretary David Blunkett said earlier this week that the Home Office will be holding onto UK... [07 May 2004]
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