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Biometric trials point to passport fraud
News Sources close to the trial indicated that testing of the biometric technology against Passport Australia's existing database of passport information has yielded instances whereby an individual's unique facial biometric has been identified as...
[September 18, 2002, 9:20]
'Operational issues' force back US biometric passport deadline
News We face complex technological and operational issues, including the security of the passport data on the contactless chips and the interoperability of readers and biometric passports. The US government is to delay its deadline for countries to...
[June 18, 2004, 14:25]
Aviation authority sets strict biometric passport guidelines
News Every country planning to introduce a biometric passport -- and therefore all the states of the EU -- will have to publish similar directives. The directive will come into force in March 2005 in the UK and will form part of the Europe-wide drive...
[August 12, 2004, 13:35]
Gov't awards £400m biometric-passport contract
News The other deal, a contract to provide the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS) with a database to support the introduction of biometric passports and ID cards, was awarded to IBM. The biometric passports are part of a wider government...
[June 12, 2009, 11:54]
EU calls for biometric passport delay
News The US has set a deadline of October 2005 that requires visitors entering the country under the visa-waiver scheme to hold a passport with a recognised biometric identifier held on an electronic chip.
[April 1, 2005, 17:00]
Do we need a biometric passport?
Blog Comment Biometric passports? £4billion indeed, so thats £20,000 for a keyboard, £50,000 for a monitor.etc etc.incredible, even in this day and age we are in the realms of really big money here. And, to put these figures into perspective; a million seconds...
[August 7, 2008, 9:56]
Do we need a biometric passport?
Blog Comment Thank you Roger for your sober view on these things.
[August 7, 2008, 8:33]
Do we need a biometric passport?
Blog A couple of days ago, Israel approved the bill for creation of biometric database of all Israeli citizens. Israeli government is going to start issuing biometric "fake-proof" electronic passports. The tests also raise serious questions about the...
[August 6, 2008, 16:02]
Australia launches biometric passport checking
News The Australian Customs Service (ACS) will next week launch its biometric passport checking system "publicly," drastically shortening its trial period and before concerns about how to apply it to all Australians have been resolved.
[January 23, 2003, 8:26]
ID cards may be postponed until 2015
News In a U-turn, the government has ditched plans to force people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. Anyone renewing or applying for a new passport from 2011 onwards will be required to add their biometric details to...
[March 7, 2008, 13:11]
Biometric tech gets small town trial
News A trial of the biometric technology to be used from 2006 in the UK's next-generation "passport cards" is to begin later this year in an unnamed small town. In line with Civil Aviation Authority rules, the Passport Service must have biometric chips...
[August 28, 2003, 9:50]
Public will 'pay twice' for ID cards
News The public will be forced to fork out for a costly replacement if the biometric chip in their future passport or ID card breaks down, the government has admitted. He added: "Every biometric passport goes through a vigorous quality assurance process...
[May 5, 2006, 16:10]
ID card spending doubles to £56m
News The IPS was created on 1 April, bringing together the Home Office ID cards programme and the UK Passport Service to issue passports, ID cards and other biometric identification documents. The IPS said it will trial taking fingerprints next year as...
[April 25, 2006, 9:30]
Government U-turns on passport pledge
News In his speech to the Labour Party conference on 29 September, prime minister Gordon Brown said: "We will reduce the information British citizens have to give for the new biometric passport to no more than that required for today's passport.
[October 1, 2009, 12:20]
Biometric passports win EU approval
News American plans to introduce a biometric passport requirement by this autumn for these countries were widely seen as unrealistic. However, by 26 October next year, all visitors from these countries will have to provide a machine-readable passport...
[October 28, 2004, 9:34]
ID database will retain fingerprint images
News In response to questions from GC News, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) said the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS), which will be built by the IPS under a £265m contract with IBM, will hold both the original images and the derived...
[May 19, 2009, 12:09]
Europe speeds up electronic ID plans
News EU citizens may be hit by a double whammy of electronic idenfication measures over the next two years with the introduction of health insurance ID cards across Europe and a new EU passport embedded with a wireless chip carrying biometric information.
[October 23, 2003, 15:40]
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]
Passport fee rise linked to ID cards
News The proposed cost of the standalone biometric ID card will actually drop to £15 but the cost of the separate passport will increase to £70 from its current fee of £42. From 2007 everyone applying for a new or renewal passport will pay the higher...
[November 3, 2004, 14:48]
Full biometric ID scheme to reach the UK 'by 2009'
News The move has been spurred on by US demands for all countries within its visa-waiver programme to have a machine readable biometric passport by October 2005. The long awaited passports will include a microchip which holds a digitised facial image...
[October 20, 2005, 17:40]
