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Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office...

Tags: baa, biometrics, ico, heathrow

[26 Mar 2008]

Police gets to grips with body cameras

Case Study A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric The trial is funded from the £3m that the Home Office has set aside for camera technology pilots. Inspector David Edge, who is coordinating the camera trial, told silicon...

Tags: police, compliance, management, cameras

[12 Mar 2008]

ID cards are dead

Comment A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric If you wondered what the loud screeching of brakes was in Whitehall this week it was the sound of the government attempting to halt the ID cards juggernaut and execute an...

Tags: id cards, physical, cards, register

[07 Mar 2008]

Biometrics the future for flying bliss?

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric By 2015, biometric technology will make getting on a plane almost as easy as getting on the Tube or train today, according to a leading border security expert.silicon.com...

Tags: biometrics, travel, airport, automated

[21 Feb 2008]

EU border checks go biometric

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls.

Tags: biometric, eu, border, requiring

[14 Feb 2008]

Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric Biometric passenger checks have landed at Heathrow that will allow domestic travellers to access more shops and restaurants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics

Tags: biometrics, airport, heathrow, international

[08 Feb 2008]

FBI proposes global biometric criminal database

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric UK police are in talks with the FBI about an international biometric database to track down the world's most wanted criminals and terrorists.silicon.com's A to Z of...

Tags: crime, biometric, database, police

[15 Jan 2008]

Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric All applicants for visas to enter the UK will face biometric fingerprint checks from the end of this month. The fingerprint database contains the records of more than one...

Tags: biometrics, immigration, border, fingerprint

[14 Jan 2008]

PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reiterated his backing for ID cards this week in the face of accusations his support for the controversial scheme is wavering.

Tags: cards, identity, commitment, documents

[10 Jan 2008]

Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric Leicester's De Montfort University (DMU) and the University of Missouri are linking up in a £45,000 six-month project starting this month to develop fuzzy logic technology.

Tags: intelligence, care, research, computers

[03 Jan 2008]

Millions of L-driver details "gone missing"

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric The Driving Standards Agency has admitted losing more than three million learner drivers' details. In a speech to Parliament yesterday, transport minister Ruth Kelly said...

Tags: dva, data, driver, hmrc

[18 Dec 2007]

Can biometrics secure the public's data?

Comment A is for Accuracy Fingerprint or iris recognition is being used at some organisations to enable employees to log on to the network, thus ensuring only authorised employees can access certain parts of the network.

Tags: law, biometrics, fingerprint reader, facial recognition

[23 Nov 2007]

UK passports face massive price hike

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric The cost of a passport is set to increase "substantially" over the next five years to cover the cost of larger electronic chips that will hold more data and fingerprints.

Tags: public accounts committee, id cards, epassports

[10 Oct 2007]

Biometric airport security flies high with passengers

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition The UK's airports have been rolling out biometric checks at their gates recently as part of Project Iris - Iris Recognition Immigration System - which uses iris-scanning technology to identify frequent...

Tags: fingerprint, iris scan, iris, misense

[27 Jun 2007]

Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up

News A is for Accuracy F is for Facial recognition B is for Behavioural biometric Air travellers have backed biometric security checks after a four-month trial of the passenger screening technology at London's Heathrow airport.

Tags: biometric, heathrow, misense

[20 Jun 2007]

Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted

Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted

News A is for Accuracy The pilot is scheduled for completion in December 2007 and will help explore accuracy and capacity issues ahead of any national rollout. F is for Facial recognition Bedfordshire's mobile fingerprint device piloting is being...

Tags: drivers, fingerprint, police

[22 Nov 2006]

The A to Z of biometrics

The A to Z of biometrics

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Tags: biometrics

[20 Jul 2006]

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