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ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News The ID card scheme will guard against one person having multiple identities by checking the two fingerprints and facial scan held on a chip on the ID card against biometrics in a central database, the... [26 Sep 2008]
Ad gurus called in to help ID cards
News N is for National Identity Register The Home Office has enlisted the help of advertising agency M&C Saatchi to promote the national ID card scheme. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click... [09 Sep 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Bordering on stupidity
Comment N is for National Identity Register A to Z of ID Cards Take that old paper passport and add some electronics to turn it into a super-secure means of ID and certification. Written in a... [21 Aug 2008]
£18m National Identity Register deal awarded
News The defence contractor will design, build, test and operate an early version of the National Identity Register (NIR) and ID card application system for airport workers, which will go live from the second... [04 Aug 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News N is for National Identity Register Young people have condemned ID cards as "illegal" and "creepy" on a website to canvas their views. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards One comment said:... [09 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News N is for National Identity Register A to Z of ID Cards The IPS is also responsible for delivering the ID cards scheme, which will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with... [02 Jul 2008]
Experian launches biometric voice ID checks
News Participants have to register a voice recording to opt in to the scheme.silicon.com Financial Services Experian has launched a voice biometric hosted ID verification service pitched at customer call... [23 Jun 2008]
Name that tune...the rise of Shazam
Comment It also encourages users to register on its own homepage and create Shazam profiles, building a community around the concept of music discovery and recommendation, in the style of Last.fm. Ultimately Shazam has a lot... [12 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... [09 Jun 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News N is for National Identity Register 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... [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... [11 Apr 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News Foreign nationals living in Britain will have to register their biometric details on the National Identity Register and carry an ID card by the end of this year. Anyone renewing or... [10 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up The government said it was still planning to force foreign nationals living in Britain to register their biometric details on the National Identity Register and carry an ID card by the... [07 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment Although passport applicants will have to give up their biometric scans for the national register they won't be required to pay £30 (again that's the government's estimate - critics put the cost much higher) for an... [07 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News Anyone renewing or applying for a new passport from 2011 onwards will be required to add their biometric details to the National Identity Register, but they won't now be forced to pay for a physical ID... [06 Mar 2008]
