Britain to Issue First Identity Cards since World War II
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Invoking a global threat of terrorism, the British government announced plans on Tuesday to introduce national identity cards for the first time since the Second World War.
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The British government forged ahead with plans to introduce identity cards as part of its drive against terrorism after defeating a revolt in parliament.
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After signatures, fingerprints and iris recognition, 3-D face maps encoded onto ID cards and passports are unveiled today. The ground-breaking system of recording biometric information could be the key to our security.
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Swaps Big Brother for fraternal triumvirate The UK government has ditched plans to put all our identities on one big database, saying that sticking with existing systems will help cut fraud and save money.â¦
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An anti-ID-card advertisement that compares British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the leader of the Third Reich gets a free pass from the Advertising Standards Authority. In 27B Stroke 6.
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Immigrants who want to become British citizens will need to pass tests to "prove their worth", under new plans.
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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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System of 'earned citizenship' for new migrants outlined by Gordon Brown and Jacqui Smith
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The United States plans to issue passports with personal data stored on radio frequency identification chips. The documents would be harder to forge, but might leave holders vulnerable to identity theft. By Ryan Singel.
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THE great-grandfather of modern computers was today being commemorated with a special set of stamps. Bletchley Park Post Office is issuing a first day cover featuring the 1943 Colossus.  (c) 2007 Liverpool Echo. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Â· New law heralds world's biggest biometric systemÂ· Police to share information on visa applicants
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A new digital system for identifying fingerprints is being adopted by police forces in England and Wales.
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Straight answers not compulsory either For the third time in four days, Gordon Brown has sown doubts about the future of compulsory ID cards for UK citizens. Speaking at prime minister's question time today, Brown confirmed that it was "policy" for ID cards to become compulsory, but added the rider that this was subject to a vote in parliament.â¦
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The Home Secretary is to publish detailed plans for the controversial national identity card.
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Still horribly intrusive, though A Home Office minister has said the cost of the proposed ID card could be dramatically reduced if the government used its existing databases as a foundation for the scheme.â¦
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Tracking with a soupcon of fast... The Telegraph reveals that the UK government is plotting fingerprinting of air passengers as a matter of routine, to check the identity of departing passengers and to tighten up border controls for incoming. Which, given the firmness of the regime's plans for ID cards, is scarcely news in the long term - but in the interim, turkeys are apparently being asked to volunteer for Christmas, now.â¦
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The UK government will store electronic records of people entering and leaving the UK in effort to tighten border control.