Agencies at Odds Over Fingerprint Checks
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Terrorists and criminals could slip  into the United States because immigration and law enforcement  agencies have not coordinated their fingerprint databases, the  Justice Department said on Wednesday.
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Most asked to undergo a scan as part of a pilot program agreed to do so, but privacy concerns abound.
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FORT WORTH -- Recent conflicting federal court decisions regarding when authorities can search and seize files on laptop computers of travelers crossing the US border have left business travelers confused and asking questions.
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the Sun found out, police feel the number excludes too many while libertarians argue the danger of the bank having them at all. The fingerprint examiner gingerly opens another Purolator bag containing DNA
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Some businesses and lawmakers are worried that new identification requirements going into effect Thursday at the borders with Canada and Mexico could create widespread confusion and delays and discourage some people from making the trip.
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Schools are being given rules for how they use and store pupils' biometric information, such as fingerprints.
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"We should address parents' concerns" The managing director of one of the firms supplying fingerprint scanners to British schools has vowed to come clean to parents about the arguments against the use of such biometric technology on children.â¦
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1776 continues to cost money The list of police and security forces which can gain automated access to UK law-enforcement biometric databases may be set to widen, according to reports.â¦
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Two civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, complaining that the agency&#39;s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) division has routinely searched many U.S. citizens&#39; laptops and other electronic devices and questioned them about their religious practices and political beliefs.
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Controversial plans to introduce identity cards are being debated in the Commons on Thursday.
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The United States hasn't issued any microchip-equipped passports yet, but as the Department of State tests different prototypes, the international standards for the passports are under fire from privacy advocates who worry the technology won't protect travelers from identity thieves.
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Visitors could face digital fingerprinting at airports under plans to beef up border security
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In a bid to improve security, ministers from five EU countries said today they hoped to start digital fingerprinting for passports in 2006, but they split over a German proposal to put illegal migrants in transit camps in North Africa.
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Prints might just be needed for 'special' groups a key component of the UK ID card scheme, the central database of fingerprints, may be abandoned, according to a leaked Home Office document obtained by the Observer. The document doesn't suggest entirely scrapping fingerprints, but instead suggests that their value should be assessed for each group of the population enrolled.â¦
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Police in England and Wales have begun trialling hand-held electronic fingerprint readers on motorists, the latest piece of new high-tech equipment being wielded in the fight against crime.
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Â· New law heralds world's biggest biometric systemÂ· Police to share information on visa applicants
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Homeland Security Secretary pushes for fingerprint and iris scans at airport checkpoints.