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EU passports get biometric data
News New EU passports will be embedded with a radio frequency ID chip that contains biometric data, after standards bodies put the technology on a fast-track to deployment. The move comes after the US introduced strict new laws that demand biometric...
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
EU passports get biometric data
Talkback I represent "Advanced Airport Systems Technology Research Consortium" (ASTREC). Research activities are conducted jointly by the airport operator, airlines, home-delivery companies, RFID technology related companies and system vendors under the...
[December 31, 2004, 4:38]
Fitting passports with biometric data
Talkback Isn't it a big problem for cosmetic surgeons? Anyway, the contents of RFID-chip is invisible and even the owner of e-passport could not make sure of. It makes me quite uneasy.
[August 18, 2004, 18:54]
Fitting passports with biometric data
News A number of countries are about to launch trials of passports and visas that incorporate basic biometric information about the document holder alongside the traditional photo and passport number -- data such as a digital image of the citizen's...
[August 18, 2004, 15:45]
EU passports get biometric data
Talkback Are we going mad ? So BIG BROTHER is watching you is becoming a fact! What next? A chip in our head that could be trace our movements from space? So instead of growing as a species we are recessing again in the dark-age era, aren't we?
[December 17, 2003, 8:27]
Singapore mulls biometric data in passports
News However, in the light of tighter of security policies after the 11 September terrorist attacks, US authorities have set an October 2004 deadline for Singapore to equip its passports with biometric identifiers.
[July 29, 2003, 9:38]
Gov't: Most biometric checks will bypass ID database
News Identity checks will normally rely on the biometric data held on ID cards and passports rather than the National Identity Register, according to identity minister Meg Hillier. Philippe Martin, a senior analyst at Kable, said: "This is actually the...
[November 19, 2008, 15:41]
It wasn't just one MoD laptop...
Blog Comment How many government ministers are going to say 'biometric data will protect people's personal details on the ID card database' before eventually someone with technical knowledge gets them to realise the simple fact that stored biometric details...
[January 22, 2008, 13:00]
Biometric Policies Need To Secure Privacy
Talkback As more legislation is enacted around the world that mandates the use of biometric data and as commercial use of biometrics increases, the market for biometric information security and assurance will increase greatly.
[November 10, 2006, 9:34]
Hiding Fingerprint Minutiae in Images
White Papers This paper introduces an application of steganography and watermarking to enable secure biometric data (e.g.fingerprints) exchange. The hidden biometric data are extracted accurately from the carrier image using a secret key.
[July 6, 2007, 1:56]
Privacy and Biometrics
White Papers Applications can be configured to give the data subject the ability to control access to his or her own biometric data, to safeguard the integrity of his or her personal information, and to protect his or her identity against theft or...
[September 1, 2005, 3:00]
Biometric tech gets small town trial
News In line with Civil Aviation Authority rules, the Passport Service must have biometric chips -- containing fingerprint or iris data -- embedded into British passports by 2005, with the service's overall strategy of introducing a biometric "passport...
[August 28, 2003, 9:50]
ID cards set back by equipment failure
News The trial, involving the registering of 10,000 volunteers to record and test biometric ID data, was originally due to launch in February but did not begin until last week and as a result the length of the project has been cut from six months to...
[May 6, 2004, 12:25]
Biometric passports win EU approval
News However, by 26 October next year, all visitors from these countries will have to provide a machine-readable passport with biometric data. Ministers for European Union member states agreed on Tuesday to adopt biometric passports.
[October 28, 2004, 9:34]
EC plans biometric border checks
News Biometric data would be submitted by travellers from outside the EU when applying for a visa, while those not needing a permit would be checked on arrival. Automated border-control systems and guards would be able to check visitors' identities...
[February 15, 2008, 7:20]
Are ID cards a game of blind man's bluff?
Talkback Everybody carries their biometric data as an integral part of them. Unless the police carry biometric or other scanners, all that an ID card can do is give a reference that can be used to check a database.
[November 19, 2003, 11:27]
Becta gives guidance to schools on biometrics
News The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency's guidance for schools on how to implement biometrics in accordance with data-protection laws, published on Monday, advises schools to involve parents in any decision to introduce...
[July 24, 2007, 12:30]
Government ditches ID database plans
News The National Identity Register (NIR) was to be the giant database at the heart of the project, holding personal identity information and biometric data for everyone enrolled in the scheme. The government's action plan for the ID cards project...
[December 20, 2006, 7:22]
Experts call for global biometrics agency
News Common processes would make it easier for different countries deploying similar biometric systems to share information; a global agency would then be able to monitor and control how, and with who, countries were able to distribute biometric data.
[October 21, 2005, 14:20]
Passport fee rise linked to ID cards
News From 2007 everyone applying for a new or renewal passport will pay the higher total fee of £85 and receive a separate compulsory ID card, containing either iris, facial or fingerprint biometric data, in addition to their passport.
[November 3, 2004, 14:48]
