Heathrow ‘temporarily delays’ fingerprint checks
Tim Ferguson writes on the Silicon.com web site:
Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system.
A statement from BAA, which operates Heathrow, said the introduction of fingerprinting technology would be “temporarily delayed” following a meeting with the Information Commissioner and the Border and Immigration Agency.
In a statement, the Information Commissioner’s Office said:
It is essential that before introducing new systems and technologies, which could accelerate the growth of a surveillance society, full consideration is given to minimising the impact on privacy and that data protection safeguards are in place to limit any risks.
March 27th, 2008 at 01:57
why do we copy other peoples country, look at for example countries like the united states, despite their finger print they still got issues ans problems as concerned uk is still safer.its still the most saviest country lets do our own thing the goverment should bring in more safty measures and stop the youths from gun crimes etc
March 28th, 2008 at 00:26
The other way of looking at it is that BAA were delighted to concede the fingerprinting, because they knew it wouldn’t work.
Having been through the shambolic T5 security system this evening, even the basic photo bits (as used at LGW and elsewhere) weren’t working either. We had to show photo ID at the gate as the system couldn’t pull back the pictures taken at security.