Coercion claim over British ID cards: report
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The British government is considering "coercion" tactics to force people to get biometric identity cards, according to a report to be published in a Sunday newspaper based on a leaked document.
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Trust and inclusion foregrounded in desperate rescue plan Teachers and 16 year olds are the favoured 'soft targets' for the redesigned ID card scheme rollout, according to an Identity &amp; Passport Service planning document seen by The Register. As suggested in leaks last weekend, IPS now plans to soft-pedal fingerprints and - astoundingly - it seems on the point of abandoning the notion of forcing ID cards onto the public via passport renewals.â¦
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Just in time for the Olympics The British government is delaying the roll out of the national ID card scheme to UK citizens, according to leaked documents obtained by the Tory party.â¦
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A London solicitor is charged with immigration offences.
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British police are investigating an alleged scam where conmen may have helped hundreds of migrants cheat some of the requirements for British citizenship, a newspaper reported in an early edition.
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LONDON 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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Home Office research reveals all British people are maintaining steady levels of disbelief over goverment claims about ID cards, according to official Home Office research.â¦
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He's artful, but lacking in detail David Cameron, the straight-talking public relations executive who runs the Conservative party, gave the reasons why he opposes ID Cards yesterday.â¦
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A customer of Lloyds TSB bank has complained to Britain's Information Commissioner arguing that data should not be transferred outside Europe without the consent of individual customers.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.K. is delaying the start of the procurement process for the IT systems that will eventually issue ID cards for an estimated 50 million U.K. citizens over the next decade. A "major" procurement process was set to begin, but "we're not quite ready yet," said James Hall, chief executive of the U.K. Identity and Passport Service, which is in charge of the ID card project. Hall spoke Monday at the Gartner Inc. identity management conference in London. Hall did not say when procurement would start. The delay confirmsÂ doubts that surfaced a year ago about whether the ID card project could be kept on the government's schedule. A leaked memo released about year ago written by an official in Prime Minister's Tony Blair government outlined ongoing worries about whether the first ID cards could be delivered by 2008, in keeping with the government's schedule. The memo cited concerns over procurement, costs and program management. The U.K. government has several large IT projects under way, including a massive IT revamp of its National Health Service (NHS), which has also fallen under criticism for delays and difficulties with suppliers. The ID card program will cost an estimated Â£5.4 billion (US$10.6 billion), according to the Home Office. Once the ID card project is under way, the U.K. government will issue cards to citizens as they apply for a new passport. The ID card program met wide opposition over privacy concerns, but the government hopes the cards will enhance national security, reduce benefits fraud and strengthen immigration controls. The cards will be issued to those over 16 years old. Hall said it's hoped that businesses will embrace the national ID card as a form of identity, as long as it meets its goals of security and privacy. Hall, a 30-year veteran of Accenture Ltd., admitted he was initially a "skeptic" of the ID project at first, but now is a "passionate believer." "If we get this right, we can actually deliver some huge benefits," Hall said. Â
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Britain said on Tuesday it plans to  force non-European foreign nationals to register identity  details such as fingerprints and iris scans from 2008.
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Let's walk quietly away from this impending disaster Updated: The UK ID card project suffered another serious blow today with news that two potential suppliers have pulled out of the procurement process.â¦
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A controversial scheme for national identity cards has been approved by the British House of Commons.
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Identity fraud a hash About Â£13bn of fraud was committed in the UK in 2005, but the figure could be on the conservative side, a report commissioned by the Association of Chief Police Officers said today.â¦
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The internal menace Security at the British Home Office's Identity and Passport Service (IPS) database has been compromised four times, with individuals' data used inappropriately by Home Office employees and contractors. A fifth breach has hit a Prison Service database.â¦
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The U.K. government sees a national identity card now making its way through Parliament as a way to fight terrorism, but opponents see it as an expensive waste of time. By Wendy M. Grossman.
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The UK defends itself against claims by Interpol's head that Britain is failing to check a database of stolen passports.