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ID cards scrapped as Bill finally puts an end to scheme

...down to the time when the cards become void. The Office of Identity Commissioner has also been closed as a result of the Bill. In... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

ID cards, identity register abolished within 100 days

...identity documents bill will invalidate all existing cards. The role of the identity commissioner, created in an effort to prevent data blunders and leaks, will... Read more

28 May, 2010 by Kable

First identity commissioner appointed

Former civil servant Sir Joseph Pilling has been appointed as the first identity commissioner. The Home Office said his role will be to act independently... Read more

16 September, 2009 by Kable
Watchdog highlights ID card data risks

Watchdog highlights ID card data risks

...of integrity during the handover between outgoing and incoming technology providers, the identity commissioner has warned. Sir Joseph Pilling (pictured), who is charged with monitoring... Read more

26 February, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ID card cancellation to save taxpayers over £800m

...the statutory requirement to issue cards, and close the Office of the Identity Commissioner. The Freedom (Great Repeal) Bill will, if passed, cancel second generation... Read more

26 May, 2010 by Kable

Home Office: No U-turn on ID database plans

...for future contracts." Separately, the first report by the Office of the Identity Commissioner has stated that it is impossible for the identity card system... Read more

2 March, 2010 by Kable

ID card watchdog 'reassured not alarmed' by scheme's progress

But hurdles remain, including major database-migration project The UK identity commissioner - who oversees the security of information collected under the ID cards... Read more

26 February, 2010 by Nick Heath

ID commissioner sees risks in IPS's two-stage IT

Identity commissioner Sir Joseph Pilling has expressed concerns about the Identity and Passport... Read more

9 February, 2010 by Kable

Government starts building ID card database

...people added in its first month in operation. Sir Joseph Pilling, the identity commissioner appointed in October, said that the National Identity Register had 538... Read more

25 November, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Johnson urges haste on foreigner ID cards

...up, especially among young people as a proof of age. An independent identity commissioner will be appointed in the near future to oversee the National... Read more

6 July, 2009 by Kable

New life for fibre broadband and death of ID cards: Tech in the Queen's speech

...one month of the bill gaining Royal Assent. The Office of the Identity Commissioner will also be shut down. UK nationals who have purchased an... Read more

25 May, 2010 by Nick Heath

First ID card watchdog named

...Whitehall veteran to oversee British cards The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's ID cards scheme. Sir... Read more

14 September, 2009 by Jo Best

Photos: UK's ID card revealed

...used instead of a passport to travel between countries in Europe. An Identity Commissioner will be appointed to oversee operation of the service and report... Read more

30 July, 2009 by Nick Heath

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