Reading a paper by the European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) last week on privacy guards in EU ID card schemes raised some interesting questions for me. The thing that jumped out, ...

Not got time to digest this at the moment but here's the information from the government press office on the trial of the ID Card scheme which happened a couple of hours ago: (Home Office) First ID ...

In a web chat today, Chief Executive of the UK Identity and Passport Service James Hall answered concerned British citizens' questions about the impending National Identity Scheme and Registry. Most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every working adult in Britain will be required to have a new government-issued digital identity card as part of a fresh attempt ...

Rows over ID cards have been reignited by the government's plans to introduce a digital version by 2029. (Getty Images) Children as young as 13 could be forced to sign up to the government’s planned ...

Keir Starmer’s announcement that the UK will introduce mandatory digital ID for all citizens has sparked furious debate about their use, effectiveness and threat to privacy. In making its case, the ...

Thales has won a four-year contract worth £18 million (US$36 million) for the U.K.’s national ID card program, which aims to keep closer track of its citizens to cut down on crime and fraud. The ...

The UK Prime Minister's Office (PM) today posted a notice that James Hall, chief of the UK's Identity and Passport Service, will be online on 5 March for a webchat on the national ID card scheme. The ...

The UK Government's proposed digital identity verification system has been branded "a shambles". And a warning has been issued over "systemic glitches" on a current scheme threatening to lock ...

[JURIST Europe] The controversial UK Identity Cards Bill [official PDF text; JURIST news archive] will go back to the House of Lords [Commons Insistence on Disagreement, PDF] on Wednesday after Prime ...