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Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News BAG urged the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to adopt iris scans as a "fall back", for when there are problems taking or matching a fingerprint. The IPS is putting an enlarged fingerprint bureau in place to ensure that exceptions can be... [20 Jun 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment I is for Iris Although passport applicants will have to give up their biometric scans for the national register they won't be required to pay £30 (again that's the government's estimate - critics put the cost much higher) for an ID card to go with... [07 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Finn said that future security systems will rely on e-passports, ID or smart cards or visas that would contain both biometric data - such as fingerprints and iris scans - and biographical data, ranging from name and address to job and marital status. [21 Feb 2008]
Voice Biometrics as a Natural and Cost-Effective Method of Authentication
White Paper In the past, voice biometrics took a back seat to other physical biometric methods of identification and verification, such as fingerprints, facial recognition and iris scans, but new algorithms and more robust computer processing power have... [13 Apr 2007]
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. The government has trimmed back its controversial ID cards plans, ditching a single mega-database to hold all ID... [19 Dec 2006]
Biometric border checks come into force
News Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. New powers for UK immigration authorities to carry out biometric checks at borders have come into force. [01 Sep 2006]
Leader: Will biometrics turn us into a nation of hoodies?
Leader Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. Office workers are always being hounded by the IT department to improve their password choices - to stop using the obvious 'password', or easily... [24 Jul 2006]
Co-op doubles fingerprint payment supermarkets
News Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. Three more Co-ops are to be kitted out with equipment that will allow shoppers to pay using their index fingerprint after the supermarket chain... [24 Jul 2006]
High-tech security forces up passport price - again
News Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. The scans will be used to check passport applications against a database of known passport fraudsters. [24 Jul 2006]
Renew your passport and beat the ID cards plan
News People who opt out will still have to pay for the ID card - and still have their fingerprints, iris scans and personal details taken and stored on the NIR. Throughout May anti-ID card group No2ID has been running a campaign encouraging people to... [26 May 2006]
Organised crime 'will attack ID cards database'
News If the ID cards database is breached, people could find their iris scans and fingerprints - as well as personal data and national insurance numbers - stolen. Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, Nick Clegg, said the theft was a "terrible omen... [17 May 2006]
Leader: ID cards fight must go on
Leader Yes, until 2010 you'll have the option of declining an ID card when you renew your passport but you still have to pay for the cost of the card regardless of whether you receive it and you'll still have your fingerprint and iris scans stored in the... [31 Mar 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) when they get a new passport. [31 Mar 2006]
Lords leave ID cards bill in tatters
News Although the government claims ID cards will initially be voluntary, it wants to force anyone applying for a new passport to give their fingerprint and iris scans for inclusion on the ID card database: the NIR. [24 Jan 2006]
All US passports to be RFID chipped
News Eventually, the government contemplates adding additional digitised data such as "fingerprints or iris scans". To address citizens' concerns about ID theft, the Bush administration said the new passports will be outfitted with "anti-skimming... [26 Oct 2005]
