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Exclusive: ID cards are here - but police can't read them
News The first UK ID cards have already been issued - but no UK police officers or border guards have any way of reading the data stored on them. The news comes in spite of the first ID... [04 Feb 2009]
Banks: ID cards 'have been stripped of useful features'
News While the Home Office is hoping ID cards will one day be used for everything from claiming benefits to opening bank accounts, the UK financial services industry has its doubts over how useful the... [30 Jan 2009]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News ID cards: Latest news Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill ID... [20 Jun 2008]
ID cards: Blunkett ignores online public opinion
News The government's decision to press on with the introduction of ID cards was taken despite opposition from web users, whose opposing views have effectively been ignored. As the cost of secure... [13 Nov 2003]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News The Home Affairs Committee report says the ID cards scheme should not become a "surveillance tool" and demands stronger assurances about the government's ability to protect information in the wake of... [09 Jun 2008]
Cheat Sheet: ID cards
Cheat Sheet Didn't we used to have ID cards back in World War II? The new ID cards will cost £15 and will be issued alongside passports, which will double to £85. But we got rid of... [22 Nov 2004]
ID cards to be mandatory by 2010
News Law makers have agreed to a compromise proposal that will see ID cards become mandatory for passport holders by 2010. Previously the ID cards bill, which the House of... [30 Mar 2006]
ID cards will save businesses "millions"
News ID cards will save businesses millions of pounds, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has insisted. The government has been rocked by criticism of its controversial ID cards... [18 Nov 2005]
ID cards "an expensive and dangerous folly"
News The Information Commissioner and privacy campaigners have added their voices to a UK Home Affairs select committee criticising plans for the use of ID cards. ID cards... [30 Jul 2004]
ID cards: "A disaster waiting to happen"
News The man in charge of the government's national ID cards scheme quashed claims earlier this week that the cards will lead to a Big Brother state with each citizen's movements and... [09 Mar 2007]
Opinion: ID cards - a fiasco waiting to happen
Comment There is no doubt there are real benefits to the introduction of an ID card - which I support - but until the government deals with the social aspects of the introduction of the cards we will simply be... [16 Jan 2006]
Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment The government's U-turn on ID cards this week caused readers to reach for their keyboards in force. ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots The... [06 Jul 2009]
Leader: ID cards victory for silicon.com campaign
Leader Today represents something of a landmark day in silicon.com's ongoing ID Cards on Trial campaign following the savage defeat inflicted on the flawed legislation by peers in the House of Lords on Monday... [17 Jan 2006]
Official: ID cards project will fail
News Leaked emails from senior civil servants have revealed their fears that the ID cards project is heading for disaster. The NIR is the heart of the ID cards project. Foord... [10 Jul 2006]
ID cards could wear out too quickly
News ID cards may not last as long as expected and the government may struggle to find enough data centre space to host the IT systems of the controversial programme. But the consultants also said the... [09 Nov 2005]
