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Home Office debuts new UK passport

...The Home Office has said that new UK passports with "strengthened security features" will be issued from October. To make the... Read more

26 August, 2010 by Kable

UK airports to drop £9.1m eye-scanning tech

...be eventually replaced by facial-recognition electronic gates (e-gates) and biometric passports, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday. The self-service iris... Read more

17 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Government plans new biometric passport rollout

...May has said the government is planning to begin issuing new biometric passports in the autumn. She said it is looking at providing better physical... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Kable

Government to begin shredding ID card data

...The Identity and Passport Service's destruction plans reveal that some personal ID data may have... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Kable
Free <endeca_term>passport</endeca_term> photo software 5.3.0.0

Free passport photo software 5.3.0.0

Free passport photo software supports most countries. Software for passport photo and ID photo... Read more

19 October, 2010

Parliament rejects discount for ID card holders

...amendment that would have given identity-card holders a discount on new passports has been defeated by MPs. The House of Commons voted 302 to... Read more

20 September, 2010 by Kable

UK passport gets a redesign to fight fraudsters

But how much will the change really help boost security? The UK passport has been redesigned to make it harder for fraudsters to replace the... Read more

25 August, 2010 by Nick Heath

Identity and Passport Service IT costs triple

...The Identity and Passport Service has tripled its spending on IT since its launch in 2006... Read more

3 August, 2010 by Kable
ID Photo Maker 3.2 Build 1118

ID Photo Maker 3.2 Build 1118

...Photo Maker is a powerful and easy to use standard ID photo, passport photo, visa photo and other photo identification making software. With its built... Read more

23 November, 2011
Ishaar 4.0

Ishaar 4.0

...Ishaar " application provides E-government electronic services in Saudi Arabia for Traffic,Passport and Minisrty of Labor.Some of these services are: 1- inquiry about... Read more

22 July, 2011

Border Agency plans network of biometric booths

...government departments and agencies, including the Home Office and the Identity and Passport Service. The last government's plans for the National Identity Scheme would... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Kable

ID register scrappage to cost £400,000

...apparently retained personal data incorrectly. The work also included the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) paying 3M SPSL for equipment, which processed personal data for... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Kable

Europe blocks UK bid to gain visa data

...is not a member, however, and requires EU visitors to carry a passport, British authorities will be excluded following a ruling by the European Court... Read more

8 November, 2010 by Kable

Home Office sacks e-Borders contractor

...inappropriate for rail and ferry terminals. They have claimed that scanning four passports for a car checking in at a port would take between 50... Read more

23 July, 2010 by Kable
Development of Electronic <endeca_term>Passport</endeca_term> Scheme for Cryptographic Security and Face, Fingerprint Biometrics Using ASP.Net

Development of Electronic Passport Scheme for Cryptographic Security and Face, Fingerprint Biometrics Using ASP.Net

Biometric passports is to prevent the illegal entry of traveler into a specific country... Read more

1 February, 2012

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