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ID cards face student scorn
News N is for National Identity Register People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site MyLifeMyID.org, launched today, to discuss the £4.4bn National Identity Scheme (NIS). The launch of the site coincides with the publishing of findings of a survey by... [09 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News N is for National Identity Register IPS chief executive James Hall said in a statement: "We are better placed than ever to build on our successes in the passport service to deliver the National Identity Scheme. [02 Jul 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News West was unable to give guarantees of total security for data held on the National Identity Register and large NHS databases, saying he did not have the relevant information but added that "if a system is connected then there is a possibility of... [16 Jun 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News The report, A Surveillance Society, cautions against the £4.4bn biometric card scheme and associated National Identity Register being used to invade privacy as a result of "function creep". The national ID card database must not be used to turn the... [09 Jun 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News N is for National Identity Register I is for Identity and Passport Service The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. Judge Stanley Burnton overturned the decision by the Information Tribunal that... [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News The government plans to start taking the first biometric details from UK citizens for its National Identity Register scheme next year but has delayed the mass roll-out of the scheme until 2015. N is for National Identity Register [11 Apr 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News N is for National Identity Register But UK businesses remain critical, with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) fearing that companies could be liable if they provide inaccurate information to the National Identity Register and expressing... [10 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News N is for National Identity Register But the government still intends to force foreign nationals living in Britain to register their biometric details on the National Identity Register and carry an ID card by the end of this year. [06 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News N is for National Identity Register I is for Identity and Passport Service Any foreign national with limited leave to stay in the UK failing to apply or turn up for a scan three times in five years would have their remaining leave curtailed. [26 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News N is for National Identity Register BAA confirmed it was talking to the Home Office about airport workers being among those required to have ID cards under the £5.4bn National Identity Register scheme from about 2009. [20 Feb 2008]
ID cards? One in four says no!
News N is for National Identity Register The poll found the majority support creating a separate database about every child in the UK, creating a central identity register and collecting personal travel details on everyone coming in and out of the UK. [06 Feb 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News N is for National Identity Register The project has never been far from the pages of silicon.com - so here's the pick of our coverage on the government's biometric identity scheme. I is for Identity and Passport Service [29 Jan 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News N is for National Identity Register Both Accenture and BAE Systems have withdrawn from the procurement process for contracts to build the national identity register and the biometric ID cards. I is for Identity and Passport Service [25 Jan 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News N is for National Identity Register The National Union of Students (NUS) described the revelation in the leaked National Identity Scheme Delivery Strategy document as "morally reprehensible" and said it would bog students down in red tape. [24 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News ID cards will combine biometric data with identity details and that data will also be stored on the National Identity Register. We have passed the original identity cards proposals. The Identity Cards Act 2006 already allows for ID cards to be... [10 Jan 2008]
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