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Biometric passports win EU approval
News Ministers for European Union member states agreed on Tuesday to adopt biometric passports. The first biometric passports are set to arrive in 18 months and initially will record the facial characteristics of the bearer.
[October 28, 2004, 9:34]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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
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]
'Operational issues' force back US biometric passport deadline
News The US government is to delay its deadline for countries to introduce biometric passports amid concerns that countries, such as the UK, are struggling with "complex operational issues". Under the new system, visitors would only be allowed in...
[June 18, 2004, 14:25]
EU calls for biometric passport delay
News The European Union (EU) has called on the US to delay the deadline for the introduction of biometric passports for visitors without a visa. The UK is also negotiating separately with the US for an extension to the deadline as it only plans to start...
[April 1, 2005, 17:00]
Photos: Biometrics up close and personal
News Accenture's biometric capture technology is designed to be used in enrollment centres for biometric e-passports and identity cards, according to Accenture biometrics specialist, Cyrill Bataller. RFID tags can be embedded in passports to enable...
[March 27, 2006, 17:40]
Do we need a biometric passport?
Blog Israeli government is going to start issuing biometric "fake-proof" electronic passports. Two years since biometrics and RFID were added to UK passports we need another technology to secure this "security".
[August 6, 2008, 16:02]
Passport fee rise linked to ID cards
News The UK's biometric ID card scheme will cost the government £500m a year by 2008, leading to the price of new passports more than doubling to £85. The project, which is being run by the Government Printing Office (GPO), will make US passports...
[November 3, 2004, 14:48]
IBM, CSC win ID card biometrics contracts
News On Tuesday, the Home Office announced that IBM had won a £265m contract to build and run the UK Border Agency (UKBA) database of fingerprints and facial images taken for passports and visa applications, called the National Biometric Identity...
[April 7, 2009, 16:30]
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]
Public will 'pay twice' for ID cards
News There are no plans to change this policy for biometric passports. The cost for biometric passports could add somewhere between £128m to £257m. Experts have warned that one risk to biometric passports is over-enthusiastic officials at passport...
[May 5, 2006, 16:10]
Biometric trials point to passport fraud
News The Australian federal government is poised to crack down hard on identity fraud amid indications that trials of biometric technology are already unveiling instances of individuals illegally securing multiple passports.
[September 18, 2002, 9:20]
10,000 volunteers to trial ID cards
News The volunteers will carry their own card with their personal data stored on it and the results of the trial are intended to set the stage for the introduction of mandatory identity cards, as well as help the government in its roll-out of biometric...
[December 5, 2003, 14:35]
IBM's ID card contract to last seven years
News The NBIS is used for biometric passports and for the National Identity Register (NIR), which will be used in issuing ID cards under the government scheme. This contract will provide a secure database for storing facial and fingerprint images for...
[July 10, 2009, 17:56]
Australia launches biometric passport checking
News Passports Australia spokesperson, Bob Nash, said the team tasked with coming up with a method of incorporating the biometric data into Australian passports is facing a hefty dilemma. According to a Qantas gazette, the system has checked over 6,000...
[January 23, 2003, 8:26]
Japanese group wants more human faces scanned
News Biometric security such as facial-recognition systems has become more commonplace in public areas, and bodies such as the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have recommended the adoption of biometric identification in passports by...
[June 24, 2003, 14:39]
