Latest about ID cards
Week in Review: Conficker waking up?
News The Conficker worm is back again, but this time it might not be an April Fool’s joke.
ID cards could use chip and PIN
News There is no 'technical reason' not to use chip and PIN technology in ID cards so they can be used in ATMs.
IBM and CSC win big ID card contracts
News CSC will be paid £385 million and IBM some £265 million to rollout biometric passport and ID card systems.
DWP confirms ID data breaches
News 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 admitted.
Tribunal orders ID card reviews to be published
News 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
News The government is advertising for a National Identity Scheme Commissioner, who will keep an eye on the ID card scheme.
Tories criticise ID cards contract compensation
News The opposition’s plans to scrap ID cards has led it to criticise Home Office discussions to include compensation clauses in the scheme’s contracts.
Home Office: ID cards catch first illegal immigrant
News The Home Office is singing the praises of its controversial identity card scheme, after the fingerprinting system caught its very first illegal immigrant weeks after launching.
