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UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Mobile social networking is also popular with many gadget-owning Brits, the survey conducted by ICM Research and the London School of Economics (LSE) for mobile operator Vodafone has found. That's the view of a survey, which has found almost half... [17 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo The launch of the site coincides with the publishing of findings of a survey by the Identity and Passport Service showing that 63 per cent of young people support the idea of a nationally... [09 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo In particular, any further investment in EPA2 would have had a limited period in which to deliver the expected benefits, given the current retendering of the contract to support operational... [02 Jul 2008]
Intrusion Detection Systems as Evidence
White Paper Although the main aim of IDSs is to detect intrusions to prompt evasive measures, a further aim can be to supply evidence in criminal and civil legal proceedings. An explanation is provided of admissibility and weight, the two determinants in the... [01 Jul 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News But Gus Hosein, senior fellow at Privacy International and fellow at the London School of Economics, said that this "simple" traffic data would be a "map of every individual's life". As of last September telecoms providers must keep all text and... [20 May 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. Burnton said this put the tribunal and judiciary at risk of breaching the ancient right of... [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo The UK's ID card scheme has helped fuel a 2,000 per cent hike in the cost of Home Office consultants - taking the bill up to £147m last year. In a written answer to parliament Byrne said: "The... [11 Apr 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo The head of Britain's ID cards project and national identity database has defended the government's revised ID card plans in the face of allegations of a u-turn after the project was scaled back. [10 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo The penalties range from £125 for not notifying the government of the loss of an ID card, to £250 for not applying for a card or missing an appointment for fingerprint and facial scans. [06 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards [26 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo Meanwhile the government admitted to another embarrassing data mishap after it revealed a CD containing details of 4,000 offenders the Dutch authorities wanted to trace had been missing for... [20 Feb 2008]
ID cards? One in four says no!
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo Support for the UK's national ID card programme continues to plummet as one quarter of people say they are strongly opposed to the scheme. According to the ICM poll, 25 per cent of those... [06 Feb 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo Government plans to introduce ID cards have taken another battering recently, with suggestions of delays to their introduction and suppliers pulling out of the procurement process. [29 Jan 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo Two major IT suppliers have pulled out of the bidding for lucrative contracts to build the systems underpinning the UK's national biometric ID card project. [25 Jan 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News L is for London School of Economics Z is for London Zoo The document says: "Implementation of identity cards will be benefits led, with the first cards issued to individuals where there is the strongest national or personal benefit. [24 Jan 2008]
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