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Biometric trials point to passport fraud
News Sources close to the trial indicated that Passport Australia was exploring the technology as searching through photographs manually to find instances of fraud was too human resource intensive. Sources close to the trial indicated that testing of...
[September 18, 2002, 9:20]
Hotmail wants your credit card details
News Asked if this was a prudent move so soon after the Hotmail farce, MSN passport spokesperson Andrew Mackles says Hotmail deserves peoples' trust. All messages will be highly encrypted, there will be strict criteria for selecting companies that can...
[October 5, 1999, 15:35]
ID card costs rise amid security concerns
News But an Identity and Passport Service spokesman denied the system would be vulnerable to fraud: "The majority of instances where people use their identity cards will be day-to-day situations where the cards offer a convenient method of proving...
[November 10, 2008, 8:53]
Fitting passports with biometric data
News One of the basic forms of personal identification, the passport, is on the verge of taking on a new, high-tech identity. A number of countries are about to launch trials of passports and visas that incorporate basic biometric information about the...
[August 18, 2004, 15:45]
Renamed Philips Semi wins US passport contract
News The system is expected to cut down passport theft and fraud, but privacy advocates claim they could let third parties obtain personal information. Philips Semiconductor is now NXP, and one of its first notable deals is a contract to supply chips...
[September 1, 2006, 9:25]
Gov't scales back e-passport upgrade
News The Identity and Passport Service has scaled back plans to upgrade its electronic passport system. Millions had been spent on the Electronic Passport Application (EPA2) project upgrade. The figures were revealed in the Identity and Passport Service...
[July 3, 2008, 8:51]
International crackdown nets ID theft ring
News In an investigation that led from online forums to a passport-forging facility in Bulgaria, law enforcement officials arrested in the last 48 hours suspects from eight US states and six other countries on charges of identity theft, computer fraud...
[October 29, 2004, 8:54]
Police arrest UK suspect in anti-ID theft operation
News Police investigated online forums, which led them to arrest 28 suspects and discover a Bulgarian passport forging facility. The group] compromised bank accounts from hacking, phishing and other means of fraud," said a spokeswoman from the NHTCU.
[October 29, 2004, 15:14]
ID card details emerge in bill
News The explanatory notes accompanying the bill quote an estimated £85 fee for a combined passport and ID card when the scheme begins in four years' time. In clauses allowing for the phased introduction of the scheme, ID cards could become compulsory...
[November 30, 2004, 14:25]
British life 'unthinkable' without ID cards
News Byrne outlined several trials, including a joint Identity and Passport Service/Criminal Records Bureau pilot to demonstrate how background checks can be carried out more quickly and securely. Byrne said: "Unless we invest in identity systems we...
[June 20, 2007, 8:53]
Biometrics beyond borders
News Now if the DHS has a record of someone who has attempted to enter the country illegally that person will be denied application for a biometric passport. Authorities are already developing a biometric system to read the fingerprints of visitors...
[October 25, 2005, 10:50]
Home Office: Majority of UK supports ID cards
News However, a survey by ICM on 1,008 people, also carried out in February and using a question mentioning a likely price of £93 for a biometric passport, found 50 percent in opposition and 47 percent in favour.
[March 10, 2008, 7:55]
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]
Home Office expands scope of compulsory ID cards
News Now, those required to give their fingerprints to the police will include visitors representing overseas companies in the UK; those visiting for private medical treatment; domestic workers in private households; people with a Commonwealth passport...
[February 12, 2009, 16:32]
Phishing line used to sell ID cards
News Referring to the tests on biometric enrolment run by the UK Passport Service, he said: "I'm encouraged by how well it seems to have performed in a non-controlled environment. ID fraud is a growing crime which can ruin lives and underpin illegal...
[May 27, 2005, 15:15]
ID card spending doubles to £56m
News The new Identity and Passport Service will spend £56m on setting up the controversial ID cards project this year. The IPS was created on 1 April, bringing together the Home Office ID cards programme and the UK Passport Service to issue passports...
[April 25, 2006, 9:30]
Home Office denies e-passports can be faked
News A spokesperson for the Home Office told GC News that no-one has yet been able to demonstrate that they are able to change data within the passport chip, which stores the passport holder's photo and personal details.
[August 7, 2008, 9:00]
Minority Report
Talkback Simpler than a vignette in their passport? Passport. ID cards help protect against identity fraud, : The Home Office on Thursday said that it considered these groups of foreign nationals a potential crime risk.
[February 13, 2009, 16:55]
Australia suffers billion-dollar identity fraud
News Other initiatives at the Commonwealth level, he said, included SmartGate technology being trialled by the Australian Customs Service to combat passport fraud, new passports with tamper-proof laminate, and more stringent requirements for proof of...
[November 12, 2003, 9:20]
eBay must face facts about fraud
Talkback I can't wait for Liberty Alliance or .Net Passport to come out and be adopted, I'm sure that'll fix things EBay seems to be lax on these things and even now, their purchase of PayPal a testiment not only to their success but their attitude toward...
[May 6, 2005, 20:52]
