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MI5 software error leads to wrongful data collection

...commissioner, also published his annual report. Having been granted powers under the Identity Cards Act to monitor use of the National Identity Register by intelligence... Read more

4 July, 2011 by S A Mathieson

Parliament rejects discount for ID card holders

...debate, on Wednesday, concluded with the Identity Documents Bill — which will abolish identity cards for UK citizens, making existing cards invalid — passing its third reading... Read more

20 September, 2010 by Kable
Secure Communication Using Electronic <endeca_term>Identity Cards</endeca_term> for Voice over IP Communication, Home Energy Management, and eMobility

Secure Communication Using Electronic Identity Cards for Voice over IP Communication, Home Energy Management, and eMobility

Using communication services is a common part of everyday life in a personal or business context. Communication services... Read more

30 April, 2012

ID cards scrapped as Bill finally puts an end to scheme

Identity cards to be cancelled within a month The UK National Identity Card... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

Apple vs Nokia in fight to set nano-SIM standard (updated)

...phone manufacturing industry to agree a new standard for a smaller SIM identity cards for mobile phones. Motorola Mobility, RIM and Nokia claim they have... Read more

26 March, 2012

UK allocates £10m to new ID scheme

...Maude, adding that the Identity Assurance programme was different to the scrapped identity cards scheme. "We think the government can be involved, must be involved... Read more

31 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ID register scrappage to cost £400,000

...Service (IPS) paying 3M SPSL for equipment, which processed personal data for identity cards, so it could destroy it. Under the Identity Documents Act, all... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Kable

From the iPad to ID cards: 2010's quotes of the year

...plug-in technology May "With swift parliamentary approval, we aim to consign identity cards and the intrusive ID card scheme to history within 100 days... Read more

23 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Government to begin shredding ID card data

...SPSL for the equipment which processes biographic and biometric data to produce identity cards, in order to be able to destroy it. The hard disks... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Kable

Miliband backs DNA and CCTV policies

...were arrested but not convicted of a crime. Miliband did not mention identity cards, which are currently in the process of being abolished by the... Read more

29 September, 2010 by Kable

Government to save £50m in revised biometrics deal

...will save £50m by renegotiating a contract with IBM previously linked to identity cards. The saving will be made by abandoning plans to store fingerprints... Read more

13 September, 2010 by Kable

DWP scraps central data-sharing system

...been stopped." Chris Pennell, principal analyst at Kable, said: "The cancellation of identity cards meant that the CISx was unlikely to go ahead. But the... Read more

24 August, 2010 by Kable

NXP wins German ID card contract

...picked up the contract to provide RFID chips for Germany's new identity cards. NXP said in a statement on Thursday that its SmartMX secure... Read more

23 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Labour spending for ID cards totals near £300m

...41m developing the policy, legislation and business case for the introduction of identity cards". In 2006, the scheme was transferred to the newly created Identity... Read more

23 June, 2010 by Kable

Government plans new biometric passport rollout

...permits for foreign nationals", which will be retained, had been mislabelled as identity cards. "They were rolled into the ID scheme only because the Labour... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Kable

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