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India working on standard for biometrics
News Government looking at national standard to provide "level-playing field", as India readies e-government initiatives based on biometric technology.
Tags: Biometrics, Data security, Security applications/tools, Privacy, E-passport, E-government, Security, India, Information Security, Card
Green Dam enforcement watered down
News China's Web filtering efforts face more hurdles as school administrations and Internet cafes are without, or have uninstalled content sifting software.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business applications, Government, Personal Computers, Computer, software, Business applications, Web sites, Web 2.0
IBM, CSC win UK ID card biometrics contracts
News IBM will build and run the biometrics database behind the National Identity Register, while CSC will implement processing and enrollment systems, including online passport applications.
Tags: Biometrics, Business applications, IBM Corp., Home Secretary, Booth, Database, ID Card, Passport, U.K., bank
A case for mobile-based micro banks in urban areas
Blogs Today is Mahatma Gandhi's birthday--or Gandhi Jayanti, as the day is known here in India. While most know Gandhiji as th...
UK ID cards head for the high street
News The Ú.K. government plans to let customers high street outlets like the Post Office, pharmacists and photo shops to scan photos and fingerprints for ID cards.
Tags: Biometrics, Home Secretary, Card, ID Card, photograph, identity fraud, post office, managing director, Benefit, Biometrics
UK pilots to bail out on ID cards
News A survey of 10,000 pilots by the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) found 60 percent were opposed to ID cards. Balpa has pledged to battle the rollout of the cards to pilots "with every lawful means at our disposal".
Tags: Biometrics, Security, Survey, Card, ID Card, Manchester, Worker, job, U.K., spokesman
How long will our politicians shy away from technology?
Blogs It is election time here in India, and there is not a dull moment on TV-–shoes are being hurled at some politician or th...
Can new government sort out Thai 3G?
News perspective It seems 3G in the country will be delayed as long as possible so a small minority are kept happy, while businesses, the economy and techy geeks suffer.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Cable, Thailand, Database, ID Card, Standards, font, Government, Cable, CAT
National ID cards compulsory for UK airport staff
News Enrollment for foreign nationals starts at month's end. By next fall, workers at two U.K. airports will be using the cards as part of a pilot program.
Tags: Privacy, Biometrics, Security, Airport, City Airport, Card, ID Card, biometric identification, Manchester, Worker
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News Experts have warned the ID card scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matches.
Tags: Security, Biometrics, Facial Recognition, ID Card, Business Process, compliance, London, Silicon.com, data protection, spokesman
Information Card Foundation launched
News A weighty group of industry leaders coalesces around new standards for online authentication.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Spam and phishing, Security, Information Card, Google Inc., Paul Trevithick, ID Card, Password, Novell Inc., OpenSSL
Parity provides free online identity management
News New CardPress service provides a hosted application for associations, organizations, and merchants wanting to issue information cards.
Tags: Web sites, Security, Information Card, Google Inc., Card, ID Card, Password, Novell Inc., financial, bank
Data on 84,000 UK prisoners is lost
News A contractor for the Home Office had downloaded the unencrypted data to a USB memory stick for "processing purposes". Loss results in suspension of PA Consulting staffer.
Tags: Security, Data Management, Privacy, Data, Contractor, ID Card, sensitive information, Silicon.com, Microsoft Office, data protection
Should India now look forward to unique ID cards?
Blogs In his book Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century, Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, talks about how the futu...
UK losing faith in ID cards?
News A single, compulsory document combining passport and driving license would prove more popular than proposed ID card, says U.K. Member of Parliament.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Home Secretary, Conference, Identity, Spokesperson, ID Card, Government, job, U.K., Security implementation/standards
