fingerprint trial in news
Mobile biometric scanners for all UK police
News Handheld fingerprint readers will be rolled out to police across the UK from 2010 as part of the Project Midas scheme, allowing officers to perform on the spot ID checks without having to take suspects back to the station. [22 Oct 2008]
Manchester Airport begins biometric ID trial
News These checks make up just one part of Britain's triple ring of security, alongside fingerprint visas for three-quarters of the world's population, and the roll-out of ID cards for foreign nationals locking people to one... [20 Aug 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News The project, called Lantern, is intended to examine how time can be saved by officers trying to establish the identity of persons stopped on the street by enabling fingerprint and number plate checks out on the beat. [11 Jun 2008]
Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick
News Immigration minister Liam Byrne said fingerprint visas are fast becoming "our first line in defence against illegal immigration" as they establish people's identities "beyond doubt" before they enter the UK. [09 Oct 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News Fingerprint and iris scans were used for screening more than 3,000 passengers who volunteered to take part in the trial on Cathay Pacific and Emirates flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong. The manual... [20 Jun 2007]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News Biometric fingerprint and iris scans will be used for screening air passengers on Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong as part of a trial at London's Heathrow Airport. The... [06 Dec 2006]
Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted
News The trial will allow immediate checking of fingerprints against the national fingerprint database known as Idnet1. Police forces are using handheld computers to run roadside fingerprint... [22 Nov 2006]
Plastic for the people - cash ditched for cards
News The Co-op for example is piloting a biometric fingerprint payment system. Further reading. Cheat Sheet: Chip and PIN Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments RFID credit card 'not a skimming risk' Visa to... [01 Aug 2006]
Co-op doubles fingerprint payment supermarkets
News 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 decided to extend a trial of Pay by Touch technology.... [24 Jul 2006]
Fingerprint scans - latest weapon in truancy fight
News A secondary school in Berkshire is set to trial biometric fingerprint scanning technology to keep track of pupils entering and leaving its premises and cut truancy rates. A similar trial... [17 Jul 2006]
ID card spending doubles to £56m
News This will be followed by the introduction of a UK passport with both facial and fingerprint biometrics. The IPS said it will trial taking fingerprints next year as a second passport biometric. The new... [21 Apr 2006]
Paying by iris and fingerprint - the next chip and PIN?
News Shoppers in Oxford started to pay with their fingers this month, as the Co-op launched its trial of a biometric fingerprint payment system. The scanner allows consumers to link their... [14 Mar 2006]
Oxford Co-ops test fingerprint payments
News The first Oxford store to trial the biometrics system has reported that paying by fingerprint has initially proved faster than entering a PIN. Shoppers will be able to link their... [08 Mar 2006]
Are biometrics ready for the UK?
News They can be forged - you can lift someone's fingerprint and potentially access a system. Spoofing has certainly worked with fingerprint scanning. There was also the well-reported case of the Japanese... [23 Feb 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]
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