UK gov wants to fingerprint kids
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An eleven plus for all Home Office minister Liam Byrne told ITV1 television's The Sunday Edition that the Identity and Passport Service wanted to fingerprint all children over the age of 11 and keep their particulars on a database.â¦
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'We will abolish this costly plastic poll tax' Shadow home secretary David Davis has criticised the government's plan to make people travel to interview centres to provide a biometric for the national identity card.â¦
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Vulnerable children subjected to 'inappropriate and invasive' tests, hearing told.
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Think of the children UK government policies designed to safeguard kids might backfire by diverting valuable resources while creating a "culture of surveillance" where the role of parents is sidelined, according to a report for the Information Commissioner published on Wednesday.â¦
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Young people who are believed to be at risk of becoming offenders will be targeted in a new police initiative.
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Children are entitled to a childhood and parents need help to realise this right, the Conservatives say.
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Justice commissioner wants a register holding fingerprints and pictures of all visitors in an effort to keep out illegal immigrants
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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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Parents in England are to be promised online "real-time reporting" on their children's progress at school.
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Ministers face calls to bring in safeguards to protect people's privacy against the police DNA database.
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Details of the government's plan to tackle vulnerable children before they are born are to be revealed.
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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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In line with data protection laws The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) has published guidance for schools on how to implement biometrics in line with data protection laws.â¦
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Just no time The question of whether it's necessary or desirable to take school children's fingerprints has not made it on the agenda for Parliament.â¦
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The federal government wants U.S. residents with green cards, parolees and some Canadians to have their fingerprints checked every time they re-enter the U.S. by air or sea.
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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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A minister says fingerprinting of all visa applicants is the first of 10 changes in 2008 to make UK borders "stronger".