http://www.silicon.com Results for identity id cards card citizen en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39393193,00.htm While the use of electronic identity cards offers opportunities for governments to be more efficient in providing services to citizens, there is the risk that the citizen data collected could be misused, either by criminals or future governments... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:51:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39317964,00.htm Unwarranted intrusion into the lives of every citizen, it also raises worries about making sure that people's personal information is properly safeguarded, is not misused and can never fall into the wrong hands. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:12:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39301936,00.htm Additional primary legislation would be required for ID cards to become compulsory for every UK citizen or resident and, according to the government, there is no timetable for its introduction. As part of a phased introduction of ID cards, the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:45:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39169446,00.htm We could however have ID cards without a central database, giving each citizen custody of their own data. We do not need a separate card to hold the biometrics - they can be duplicated onto cards issued by banks etc to support biometric... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:40:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39168357,00.htm A senior judge has called for a universal national DNA database containing the details of every UK citizen and visitor to the country. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards N is for National Identity Register editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:14:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39166286,00.htm The man in charge of the government's national ID cards scheme quashed claims earlier this week that the cards will lead to a Big Brother state with each citizen's movements and transactions monitored. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:30:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39166207,00.htm The man in charge of the government's national ID cards scheme has dismissed claims the cards will lead to a personal audit trail of each citizen's movements and transactions. Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke also came out fighting for ID cards... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:14:55 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39158183,00.htm The Treasury confirmed this week that the newly created Identity and Passport Service (IPS) will take over the work being done by the Office for National Statistics on the Citizen Information Project to create an adult population register... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:35:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39155832,00.htm He said: "If we take a cursory glance at Israel you can't argue that an Israeli citizen is safer today than they were 30 years ago. In an interview with silicon.com in London last week, just after the House of Lords blocked the UK's ID cards... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:40:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39155669,00.htm The Earl of Erroll, who has a background in computer security and identity management, said the ID cards will provide no benefit to the citizen and joked that people would be more likely to use it to scrape the ice off their car windscreens in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:55:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39151228,00.htm California-based LaserCard claims to have received purchase orders from the Italian government of $7m for biometric citizen cards and $8m for foreigner ID cards. According to the Italian Interior Ministry, the citizen ID is already recognised as a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:30:13 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/idcards/0,3800010140,39131060,00.htm But Home Office minister Tony McNulty has now confirmed that figure is just the unit cost of producing a passport and ID card "based on 2005 to 2006 prices" and that the actual charge to each citizen for carrying one will depend on "future policy... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:33:29 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39130807,00.htm We badly need a national standard to link to other citizen-centric systems developments, including citizen identification and authentication, and the national ID card may as well be it. Luke Mellors, IT director, The Dorchester Hotel, said he... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 27 May 2005 15:35:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39128876,00.htm The report's authors argue the government should scrap the current bill and start again from scratch to develop an ID card that is "a real benefit to the citizen rather than being a costly imposition". editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:40:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39117107,00.htm The government's proposed biometric ID card and the national DNA database could eventually be combined to produce a genetic 'fingerprint' for every UK citizen, according to industry experts. The current proposal contains plans for a central... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:50:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,10006228,00.htm To access a particular service, a citizen will be able to use the authentication tool of his choice, with the level of security it provides corresponding to the level of sensitivity of the service," it reads, "Some people will choose a single card... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:17:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,10005834,00.htm As well as name, place of birth, current address and nationality, the card will carry an 18-digit code representing a citizen's genetic code, based on DNA from a blood, hair or cell sample, according to a report from French news service transfert... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 02 Sep 2003 14:52:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,10005583,00.htm The government is citing security concerns as the prime motivation for the roll-out - previous plastic ID cards were thought too easy to fake - and expects the card to carry a limited amount of information about its user including name, date of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:03:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/0,39024711,10003047,00.htm If this innocent, by all accounts mild-mannered, senior citizen can be embroiled in a Kafkaesque saga then it could happen to any of us. With these they acquire new credit cards, open new accounts, and eventually ring up bills which they never pay... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:57:00 +0000