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News A lie detector test that has slashed benefit fraud by more than £330,000 is being rolled out in the UK. The Voice Risk Analyser (VRA) system will be piloted by another 15 councils following its success in seven areas of the country.
[07 May 2008]
News Lie detector beats benefit fraud The year was dominated by stories about government-held personal data, whether that was ID information or what people choose to throw away. Undoubtedly, the fall-out from HM Revenue & Customs' loss of two discs...
[19 Dec 2007]
News Lie detector beats benefit fraud But one of the biggest stories of 2007 - and not just in the tech world - turned up in October when two password-protected CDs containing the records of 25 million child benefit recipients were sent unrecorded and...
[14 Dec 2007]
News News that a successful pilot of lie detector voice recognition technology is being used to combat benefit fraud by Harrow Council in Greater London, was an example of innovative use of tech to tackle a common problem.
[28 Sep 2007]
News A Harrow Council statement said local authorities have a duty to catch fraudsters due to the financial restraints they face and the lie detector technology is "another tool to help achieve this goal".
[03 Sep 2007]
News Benefit claimants should not be made to take lie detector tests because the technology's accuracy has not been scientifically proven, according to the Trade Union Congress (TUC). Barber said the overwhelmingly majority of claimants are honest and...
[04 May 2007]
News Benefit cheats could be caught out thanks to the introduction of new lie-detecting tech, according to the government. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today announced a pilot of the technology by Harrow Council which will use voice risk...
[05 Apr 2007]
News Software designed to sift through emails and pinpoint lies and deceit by picking up on the writer's tone is one of the latest developments from SAS Institute. SAS claims its product, which is due to be launched this week, is capable of running an...
[21 Jan 2002]
News Chief executive Scott McNeally said: "The economy looks like a Bill Clinton lie detector test rather than a sine wave at the moment. Sun revealed profit for the third quarter ended 1 April was down 43 per cent on the last quarter.
[20 Apr 2001]
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