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ID register scrappage to cost £400,000

...The government has revealed the cost of securing destroying the National Identity Register. ID cards will expire at midnight on 21 January. Photo... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Kable

ID card scrappage bill to gain royal assent

...will also allow work to begin on the secure destruction of the National Identity Register. "Photographs, fingerprints and personal information that were submitted as part... Read more

21 December, 2010 by Kable

Government to begin shredding ID card data

...hard disks and back-up tapes holding the personal information on the National Identity Register (NIR), according to a document released through Parliament's library... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Kable

MI5 software error leads to wrongful data collection

...granted powers under the Identity Cards Act to monitor use of the National Identity Register by intelligence services, he reported that he is "not aware... Read more

4 July, 2011 by S A Mathieson

ID cards scrapped as Bill finally puts an end to scheme

...the biographic information and biometric fingerprint data of cardholders, known as the National Identity Register, will be physically destroyed within two months. The Identity Card... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

Parliament rejects discount for ID card holders

...also voted against a clause that would have transferred data from the National Identity Register to the passport database. The debate, on Wednesday, concluded with... Read more

20 September, 2010 by Kable

ID cards scrappage bill set for December

...says that the Identity and Documents Bill, which also includes scrapping the National Identity Register and the halting of fingerprints on passports, should complete its... Read more

30 July, 2010 by Kable

Government plans new biometric passport rollout

...that the legislation would require her to delete the data on the National Identity Register within two months of royal assent. "Photographs and fingerprint biometrics... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Kable

Government offers no refund to 13,200 ID card holders

...UK ID cards either – and "biometric data is not kept on the National Identity Register". "Unlike the identity card for British citizens, this card serves... Read more

10 June, 2010 by Kable

Government destroys final ID cards data

The government has disposed of the last data from the National Identity Register at an event to mark the occasion in Essex. Home... Read more

10 February, 2011

Government plans for privatised ID scheme emerge

...providers, and would not involve any new government databases resembling the abandoned National Identity Register. Government legislation and regulation would ensure an "open, standards-based... Read more

15 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Photos: ID cards database shredded and burnt

...minister Damian Green with one of the hard drives used by the National Identity Register (NIR), the central database where ID cardholders' details were stored... Read more

11 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

ID cards: Destroying data will cost £30 per cardholder

...out the cost of disposing of the ID cards' central database, the National Identity Register (NIR), and securely destroying ID card data, in a written... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Nick Heath
ID cards for foreign nationals unveiled

ID cards for foreign nationals unveiled

...to provide biometrics and have their personal details stored in the proposed National Identity Register. On Thursday, the major opposition parties called for the scheme... Read more

25 September, 2008 by Tom Espiner

ID card cancellation to kick off parliamentary debate

...according to reports. An identity documents bill, scrapping ID cards and the National Identity Register, will be among the first three bills introduced by the... Read more

24 May, 2010 by Kable

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