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...and fingerprints". This is apparently because names and addresses "change, sometimes quite frequently" but biometric data "does not change", is "unique" and "reliable". This is in spite of the only study on biometrics published... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/the-data-trust-blog/2009/09/banning-the-i-word.html
... The Home Office has confirmed it is reconsidering plans to use the Customer Information System system to store biometric data for the ID card scheme. The Customer Information System (CIS) - which is run by the Department for Work and... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/06/238017/id-card-officials-back-away-from-scandal-hit-database.htm
...according to theNational Audit Office. The NAO said that although the chips, which are designed to contain biometric data, have been tested in laboratory conditions, the ability of the chip unit to withstand real-life passport usage... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/02/08/221696/doubts-raised-over-durability-of-e-passport-chips.htm
...7/identity_assurance060308.pdf counters this by recommending only holding a non-unique representation of the biometric data. But do current systems do this? And who can assure us that is so? I note that Privacy International is suggesting... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/david_lacey/2008/03/a_step_back_for_biometrics_1.html
...outcry caused by HMRC losing the child benefit records of 25m people. The plan would be to store everybody's biometric data on any smart card chip, currently embedded in credit cards. For those people who do not carry credit cards, a dedicated... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/11/26/228309/government-offered-alternative-national-id-scheme-that-doesnt-require-national.htm
...outcomes "Universal" schemes demand high quality assurance which calls for ... a combination of biographic and biometric data ... and a number of "independent" verification factors ... with scale being the critical success factor ... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/when-it-meets-politics/2008/03/crosby-changes-the-nature-of-t-1.html
...initially. The Home Office also aims to simplify the cards so that they will contain only a limited amount of biometric data. This may be restricted simply to a digital photograph, or a digital photograph plus two biometric fingerprints... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/07/18/216984/delay-in-id-cards-scheme-presents-chance-to-avert-disaster-say.htm
...I'm not going to disagree which is why it's vital to have the right safeguards around the database. Ideally, biometric data should be kept strictly separate from personal information. Whilst standing in the queue at the airport this morning... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/stuart_king/2008/02/i-signed-up-for-the.html
...7/identity_assurance060308.pdf counters this by recommending only holding a non-unique representation of the biometric data. But do current systems do this? And who can assure us that is so? I note that Privacy International is suggesting... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/david_lacey/2008/03/a-step-back-for-biometrics-1.html
...course the passport 'wing' doesn't have a handle on foreign citizens and hence the continuation to capture the biometric data of foregin citizens through the ID card 'wing'. Posted by Tony | September 29, 2009 12:08 PM Posted on... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/the-data-trust-blog/2009/07/id-cards-communications-genius.html

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