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ID cards to be mandatory in U.K. by 2010

March 30, 2006 U.K. lawmakers reach compromise on bill, extend controversial requirement for those renewing passports by two years. TAGS: ID card, passport, U.K., proposal

Compulsory ID cards for U.K. citizens

February 14, 2006 All will be required to register within five years. Critics warn U.K. is "sleepwalking towards a surveillance state." TAGS: ID card, amendment, passport, citizen, U.K., vote, government

ID cards to double U.K. passport fees

November 3, 2004 Costs tied to the country's controversial biometric ID card plan will cause the price of new passports to soar. TAGS: passport, ID card, U.K., fee, U.S.

Do we need a national ID card?

May 23, 2006 There's something wrong when data brokers know more about you than the cops know about felons, CNET editor Robert Vamosi says. TAGS: ID card, felon, driver's license, passport, U.K., citizen, mean, database, U.S., security

Microsoft exec: ID cards pose security risk

October 18, 2005 U.K. government's plans for a mandatory biometric ID card opens British citizens up to "huge potential breaches," security exec warns. TAGS: ID card, biometrics, security risk, U.K., exec, identity management, concern, government, supplier, Microsoft Corp., security

U.K. ditches ID card megadatabase

December 20, 2006 Info on separate systems will be shared rather than consolidated. Biometrics system based on iris scanning shelved. TAGS: ID card, biometrics, PKI, U.K.

U.K. official: Fight online fraud with iPods

January 12, 2006 Agency tech head says it'd be cheaper to give each citizen an iPod for authentication than to issue ID cards. TAGS: digital certificate, ID card, fraud, U.K., identity management, Apple iPod, Apple Computer, information technology, London, security

Queen gives biometric ID cards the green light

November 23, 2004 Legislation for a British FBI is also in the Queen's Speech, which promises "security for all." TAGS: ID card, legislation, terrorism, government, U.K., security

Terrorism threat to Net overblown

November 23, 2005 Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown." TAGS: cyberterrorism, terrorism, criminal, ID card, threat, danger, SANS Institute, terrorist, biometrics, infrastructure, hacker, U.K., government, hacking, security

U.K.'s Home Office admits to database breaches

August 31, 2006 The government agency says four of five incidents involved members of staff accessing databases for unauthorized purposes. TAGS: security breach, ID card, spokesman, database, security, U.K.
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