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Tories plan to scrap National Identity Register
News Chris Grayling told a House of Commons debate on scrapping identity cards, on 6 July, that a Conservative government would not go ahead with the National Identity Register (NIR) database. In response to a question from his predecessor David Davis...
[July 13, 2009, 11:55]
ID card database plans expand
News The government says the ID card database will become a national population register of basic personal information for the public sector to verify identity and has called for the development of a children's register as well.
[April 19, 2006, 15:45]
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. Only in specific circumstances, for example if an ID card has been lost...
[November 19, 2008, 15:41]
Passport chief comments on ID Card security
Blog James Hall, the new CEO of the UK Identity and Passport service, has just said in a web chat that the National Identity Register will be part of the national critical infrastructure and be "securely accredited".
[November 14, 2006, 16:31]
Home Office proclaims security of ID cards scheme
News The National Identity Register will have tight access controls, stringent security and no risk of "discs flying around", MPs have been told. From the point of view of the National Identity Register, there would not be discs flying around in that way.
[February 27, 2008, 13:34]
Government starts building ID card database
News Sir Joseph Pilling, the identity commissioner appointed in October, said that the National Identity Register had 538 people on it as of 19 November. People who live or work in that area can apply to put themselves on the National Identity Register...
[November 25, 2009, 13:34]
Police chief criticises ID cards scheme
News Colin Langham-Fitt, acting chief constable of Suffolk Constabulary, slammed the proposed National Identity Register as creating a massive security threat. For shared services and combined contact centres, and, for example, the ability of a citizen...
[May 15, 2007, 18:01]
ID cards 'alarm' information commissioner
News Thomas heavily criticised the proposals covering cards and an identity register at a home affairs select committee hearing. Home Secretary David Blunkett's Identity Cards Bill gives some details on the proposed register.
[June 9, 2004, 13:55]
ID cards to be compulsory for air workers
News The move comes despite repeated assurances from the Home Office that UK citizens will not be compelled to have an ID card or enter their biometric details onto the National Identity Register. Anti-ID card campaigner Phil Booth told ZDNet UK that...
[November 6, 2008, 16:37]
Study finds ID scheme cancellation could save £3.1bn
News A detailed analysis of the National Identity Scheme's costs for UK citizens by Kable suggests the £4.95bn to be spent over 10 years could be reduced by £3.08bn to £1.88bn if a future government abandoned identity cards, the National Identity...
[August 13, 2009, 10:02]
ID card bill savaged by the Lords, again
News The House of Lords has dealt another blow to the government's ID cards bill by voting against making it compulsory for people to have their biometric details included on the National Identity Register (NIR) when they apply for a new passport.
[January 24, 2006, 17:00]
ID scheme undermined by poor-quality fingerprints
News As part of the NIS, the government intends to enter the personal details, including fingerprints, of every person in the UK, into a National Identity Register. The register is supposed to provide a 'gold standard' for identity authentication.
[July 11, 2008, 16:39]
ID card costs rise amid security concerns
News Cards will only be checked against biometric details on the National Identity Register (NIR) in a "minority of cases" according to Home Office documents, prompting accusations it has been relegated to a "flash and go" card.
[November 10, 2008, 8:53]
ID card security questioned
News So the question is not whether we have a national register identity — we have had so for years — but whether we are prepared to consider the most up to date and the most secure means to protect our identity from being stolen.
[February 15, 2006, 14:10]
Government hints at ID card security
News Our intention is that the National Identity Register will form part of the critical national infrastructure of the UK and will therefore be security accredited to the highest standard, in common with existing highly secure databases," said Hall.
[November 15, 2006, 13:10]
ID cards chief dismisses U-turn claims
News But UK businesses remain critical, with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) fearing that companies could be liable if they provide inaccurate information to the National Identity Register and expressing unease over the security of the data...
[March 11, 2008, 8:02]
Government changes tack on ID card tech
News An Identity and Passport Service (IPS) spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that initially CIS technology would not be used to store National Identity Register data. There will be no identity card/ National Identity Register information held on...
[October 8, 2009, 13:50]
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. We will scrutinise these contracts closely, but the Conservatives are committed to dropping...
[July 10, 2009, 17:56]
Home Secretary admonishes Lords over ID cards
News On Tuesday MPs again voted against a Lords compromise amendment to the ID cards bill that would have made it voluntary for people to register for a card and put their biometric details on the national identity database until 2011.
[March 22, 2006, 14:55]
Home secretary reveals early ID-card demand
News Smith also said that the method and cost of a web-based system allowing people to check their details on the National Identity Register has not yet been decided. It is intended that a web-based service will be introduced as identity cards begin to...
[December 19, 2008, 12:21]
