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News As government and businesses look for better ways of checking identity - whether at airports or at cash machines - new forms of biometric are being developed. Biometric identity systems,... [20 Jul 2006]
Gov trumpets ePassports successes
News The government has pointed to the successes of its ePassports scheme, claiming 4,000 ineligible visa applications have been blocked due to biometric checks. Speaking at a Westminster eForum, Stephen... [13 Jul 2007]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News Two major IT suppliers have pulled out of the bidding for lucrative contracts to build the systems underpinning the UK's national biometric ID card project. Both Accenture and BAE Systems have withdrawn from the... [25 Jan 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Automated biometric systems will eventually replace the often laborious system of repeated manual passport and security checks that plague fliers today, said Matthew Finn, director of government and... [21 Feb 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment But the big shift in the government's plans is the subtle sidelining of the physical biometric ID card itself. Although passport applicants will have to give up their biometric scans for... [07 Mar 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News The government was badly advised by its internal scientists in the Home Office when it took the decision to base the biometric system on fingerprints instead of iris patterns. Click on... [26 Sep 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News 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. Click on the links below to find out... [29 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. B is for Behavioural biometric ID cards will combine biometric data with... [10 Jan 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to... [26 Feb 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News Leaked Home Office documents reveal teenagers may need an ID card to open a bank account or take out a student loan from 2010 - making them among the first people to have the controversial biometric cards in the UK. [24 Jan 2008]
Ad gurus called in to help ID cards
News The spokesman added the promotional activity will increase as the launch date for biometric ID cards for foreign nationals approaches in November. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever... [09 Sep 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News And the union said it wants to make sure workers will not shoulder the projected £93 cost of the biometric card. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the... [20 Feb 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.... [11 Apr 2008]
£31m pumped into ID card project
News More than 4.8 million biometric passports have also been dished out during the last financial year, with the IPS posting a deficit of £2.1m on its passport services - which is lower than the planned deficit of £15m, the... [30 Jul 2007]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
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 card and can... [10 Mar 2008]
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