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ID cards project adds implementation chief
News According to the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), an extra board member has been appointed to the scheme as the government prepares for the first 50,000 ID cards to be distributed to non-European... [18 Nov 2008]
Over 18? Equifax card lets you prove it online
News In the near future, the foundation hopes that I-cards will contain personal data such as profile, purchase preference, payment, or verified identity information, as well as password information. Kim... [14 Nov 2008]
Row over high street biometrics
News If they do] they will have to answer how they will fill the black hole not only left by ID cards but biometric passports. Anti-ID card campaigner Phil Booth said that far from increasing security, ID... [10 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News Cards will only be checked against biometric details on the National Identity Register (NIR) in a "minority of cases" according to Home Office documents, prompting accusations it has been relegated to a... [07 Nov 2008]
First ID card trials announced for airport staff
News In a statement on Wednesday the Home Office said: "Manchester and London City airports have agreed to work with the Home Office as part of the first wave of airports and will help develop detailed plans for introducing... [06 Nov 2008]
ID scheme treads the high street for fingerprints
News Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will invite high-street businesses today to tender to be biometrics enrolment centres for the National Identity Scheme, which the government will use to issue ID cards. ID... [06 Nov 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News Speaking today at the Biometrics Conference 2008, identity minister Meg Hillier said there was "nothing to stop" drivers' licences or other documents from being designated to work as ID... [21 Oct 2008]
'ID card guinea pig' pilots ready to call in lawyers
News The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) union has warned it may seek a judicial review of the government's ID cards scheme to prevent pilots being forced to carry identity cards.... [13 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News Fox News also published a more recent memo from 19 August 2008 in which World Bank Group staff were told to change personal passwords and start using security "tokens" or cards to access the organisation's applications... [13 Oct 2008]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News Bart Jacobs, the professor of computer security at Radboud University who led the research team, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday that the security of the Mifare Classic chipset, used in Oyster cards... [08 Oct 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News Speaking at the launch of the UK's first ID cards on Thursday, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith claimed problems with taking or recognising fingerprints pose no threat to the effectiveness of the ID card system. [26 Sep 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. These first generation of cards for... [25 Sep 2008]
ID card contract shortlist gets shorter
News The government has taken another step towards tying up which companies will be in charge of the UK ID cards scheme. The IPS said that procurement for the design and production of ID cards has also begun... [16 Sep 2008]
Data loss consultants sacked by Home Office
News Since 2004 the company had been contracted as a development partner for the government's national identity cards scheme - to help with design, feasibility testing, business and procurement elements of... [10 Sep 2008]
Ad gurus called in to help ID cards
News Identity cards for foreign nationals are a crucial part in the fight against illegal migration, enabling those who are here legally to prove it and prevent those here illegally benefiting from the... [09 Sep 2008]
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