Europe mulls anti-ID theft law
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But doesn't expect it to be useful The European Commission is considering new legislation against identity theft. The proposal is contained in a just-published policy on EU-wide plans to fight cybercrime.â¦
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Controversial plans to introduce identity cards are being debated in the Commons on Thursday.
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Plenty of laws exist to prosecute online identity thieves and fraudsters, and also to co-opt ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and online auction sites into the fight against fraud, but enforcement is lacking across the board, according to security experts.
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Starting in November, German passports will store digital fingerprints as one of several biometric security measures planned to fight organized crime and international terrorism.
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Europe&#39;s top data protection officials are working to clarify a grey area of Internet law: the legal status of an IP address.
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Moves by several European countries to tighten laws against computer hacking are concerning security professionals, who often use the same tools as hackers.
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Americans seek international database to carry iris, palm and finger prints
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The European Commission will propose tomorrow that all foreign travelers into and out of Europe, including U.S. citizens, should be fingerprinted. If approved by the European Parliament, the measure would mean that precisely identifying information on tens of millions of citizens will be added in...
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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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Iris, fingers, head, shoulders, knees and toes The UK, Europe and the US are planning to belt and brace their border databases by using multiple forms of biometrics to identify people.â¦
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Europe's Parliament is to look at how data on air passengers and citizens' bank details is being sent to the US.
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As passports equipped with RFID chips are adopted more widely around the world, successful attempts to crack them are on the rise as well. Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. have already reported compromised data, but countries such as New Zealand remain unconcerned about such threats. But what if the goal wasn't data theft but detonation?
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Legislation would add protections against the practice of posing as another to gain personal data.
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Caring, sharing police databases The European Parliament has fashioned a wreath of caveats it hopes will brighten up legislative measures designed to raise biometric borders and erect a network of biometric controls for police across the continent.â¦
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Â· New law heralds world's biggest biometric systemÂ· Police to share information on visa applicants
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The Identity Cards Bill, published today, seeks to create by 2010 a system of ID cards with embedded chips that carry personal information and biometric identifiers.
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PARIS, Oct. 6 -- European officials agreed Friday to grant more U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies easier access to detailed personal data on all transatlantic air passengers, despite concerns over individual privacy and fears that the information could be misused.