Christopher Hope writes in The Daily Telegraph: Identity cards could provide a back door for the taxman to snoop on people’s affairs using a database of National Insurance numbers. The card system will use an existing NI database to log details, potentially making it easier for tax inspectors to keep tabs. Officials had hoped to [...]
Kitty Donaldson and Robert Hutton of Bloomberg report an interview with James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service: Asked whether the fingerprinting of anyone working with children was likely to become routine, Hall said “you may well be right. We are in a position where we can do that. I can also [...]
The publication of the “NIS Strategic Supplier Framework Notice” in the Official Journal Of The European Union (OJEU) is widely reported. Tash Shifrin writes in Computerworld: The government has finally launched the delayed procurement process for its controversial £5.3bn ID cards scheme in a move likely to inflame opposition because it comes during the parliamentary [...]
Rumours are starting to circulate about the contents of the much-delayed Crosby review. Sarah Arnott writes in Computing: Identity cards should be rolled out to citizens as quickly as possible, an influential Treasury-backed report will recommend to ministers this month. Sir James Crosby’s review of private sector uses of the proposed biometric ID scheme was [...]
The Home Office has responded to John Daugman’s warning that a deluge of false fingerprint matches would scupper the ID card scheme. The BBC tacked this report on to the end of an item about biometric visas: Last month, Cambridge University IT expert Professor John Daugman warned that using fingerprints to identify individuals meant one [...]
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