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Government crushes ID card database
The Government has crushed the ID card scheme database, putting the final nail in the coffin of the controversial initiative.
NO2ID on fighting the database state
We spoke to Phil Booth, national coordinator for NO2ID, about privacy issues and taking on the "database state".
Cable wants to cull ID card database
In a speech at the Liberal Democrats' party conference today, Vince Cable has made the case for scrapping Government database schemes.
Home Office denies ID card hack claims
A security researcher apparently hacked the ID card in just 12 minutes, but the government isn't buying the claim.
IBM and CSC win big ID card contracts
CSC will be paid £385 million and IBM some £265 million to rollout biometric passport and ID card systems.
Tribunal orders ID card reviews to be published
The Information Tribunal has upheld the original Information Commissioner’s order that the ID cards’ Gateway Reviews should be published.
Government searching for new ID card watchdog
The government is advertising for a National Identity Scheme Commissioner, who will keep an eye on the ID card scheme.
ID card update reveals £30 price, fines for bad data
The second round of legislation for the ID card scheme introduces the price, potential fines, and a new National Identity Scheme commissioner.
Thales wins first ID card contract
French firm Thales has signed a four-year contract worth over £18 million with the Identity and Passport Service.
Public sector IT not all bad
The British Computer Society highlights some of the most successful public sector IT projects.
Timeline: How National ID cards have become a reality
The UK ID card will be a reality for foreign nationals later on this month and in Britons hands next year. We look at its long and often tortuous...
DWP confirms ID data breaches
The system that holds data key to the ID cards programme has been breached by staff in over 30 local authorities, the government department has...
National ID cards: First two airports sign up
The National ID card roll-out begins with airport workers, but some are not too happy at being ‘guinea pigs’ for the scheme.
Businesses to ‘fingerprint' customers for ID cards
High-street businesses including the Post Office could soon become ‘biometric enrolment centres’.
ID card holders will get no refund
Early adopters of ID cards will not get a refund from the Government now it has decided to scrap the scheme.
No compulsory ID cards for UK citizens, says Brown
In his speech at the Labour Party conference, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised no compulsory ID cards for UK citizens.
Coalition kills ID cards, Digital Economy Act's fate uncertain
ID cards have been scrapped under the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition deal, but it remains unclear about what is to be done with the...
Brown: ID cards needed to tackle immigration
In the second leaders' debate last night, prime minister Gordon Brown stuck to his guns when it came to ID cards and biometric passports.
ID cards to be scrapped within 100 days
New Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed ID cards will be binned within 100 days, if the law gets parliamentary approval.
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