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Links to some of the web pages providing information relevant to the UK biometric identity card debate.

Governent Links
UK Home Office - Identity Cards Home Page
UK Home Office - Identity and Passport Service Website
The Information Commissioner - April 2006 - "Concerns Regarding Identity Cards".
The Financial Security Agency (FSA) - January 2003 - "Response to Home Office Regarding Identity Cards"(.pdf).

Political Party Links
The Conservative Party's Website (Enter "ID Cards" in their search engine).
The Liberal Democrat Party's Views Regarding Identity Cards".
The Scottish National Party's (SNP's) Views Regarding Identity Cards".
The Green Party - April 2004 - "The Proposed Introduction of Identity Cards".

04/08/2005 - Labour Admits ID Card "Oversell"

A Selection of News Links Concerning ID Cards
30/07/2009 - BBC News - UK's National ID Card Revealed
01/07/2009 - BBC News - [UK's] Papers United on ID Card Stance
30/06/2009 - BBC News - Climbdown on Compulsory ID Cards
17/06/2009 - BBC News - Tories Warn Firms Off ID Scheme
06/05/2009 - BBC News - Manchester Launch for ID Cards
06/03/2009 - BBC News - ID Card "Flash and Dash" Warning
25/11/2008 - BBC News - Foreign Nationals Given ID Cards
25/11/2008 - BBC News - Overseas Student ID Cards Begin
19/11/2008 - BBC News - Holyrood Rejects Identity Cards
25/09/2008 - BBC News - Foreign National ID Card Unveiled
01/01/2008 - Daily Telegraph - We Have Everything to Fear from ID Cards'
22/12/2007 - USA - Washington Post - 'FBI Prepares Vast Database of Biometrics'
10/11/2007 - BBC News - Peer 'ready to defy ID card law'
15/12/2006 - BBC News - "ePassports at risk" from cloning
01/11/2006 - BBC News - DNA Pioneer's Civil Rights Fears
25/10/2006 - BBC News - Biometric Technology Special Report
09/10/2006 - IPPR - ID Cards Should Cover 500,000 Illegal Immigrants by 2008
09/10/2006 - BBC News- ID Card Scheme cost put at £5.4m
05/10/2006 - BBC News - Electronic Passports Introduced
28/07/2006 - BBC Action Network - ID Cards: an iCANN Briefing
11/07/2006 - BBC News - What Data will ID Cards Store?
16/06/2006 - BBC News - Can Government Run IT Projects?
10/01/2006 - The Register - Dutch Security Experts Crack ID Card Security
08/01/2006 - Daily Telegraph - Town Hall Bureaucrats to Investigate Homes for ID Card Evasion
29/06/2005 - Conservative Party News - Conservatives promise to scrap ID Cards
26/06/2005 - BBC News - ID Card Database "not for sale"
25/05/2005 - BBC News - ID Cards At-A-Glance
29/09/2004 - Bloomberg - UK to put Biometric Readers in all Hospitals
03/07/2002 - BBC News - Other Countries’ ID Card Schemes

Other Interested Organisations
NO2ID - "Say No to ID Cards and the Database State".
Liberty - "Protecting Civil Liberties, Promoting Human Rights".
The Police Federation of England and Wales - "Identity Cards".
Stand - "Who are you lot and why are you doing this?".
The Law Society of England and Wales - March 2004 - "ID Cards - Benefit or Burden?".

Face Recognition
Face Recognition Homepage, Robert Frischoltz
Face Detection, Henry Rowley, et. al..
Face Detection, Henry Scheiderman.

Iris Recognition
The Iris Recognition Homepage
John Daugman’s Web page
Scottish School’s use of Iris Technology
Iris Pigmentation Research Information
National Eye Institute, Ocular Anatomy & Disorder

Fingerprint Recognition
Home Office Fingerprinting Toddlers
Fingerprinting Under Age drinkers
Fingerprinting could lead to ID cards –
US Airports Open to “Trusted Travellers”
Class Fingerprint Scans to Stop Truancy
FO takes on the US over airport shacklings.

General Biometrics Links
Biometrics Consortium
The Biometric Foundation
Biomet - The Biometrics Institute
FIDIS - "Future of Identity in the Information Society".
International Committee for IT Standards
BioAPI™ Consortium
International Biometric Industry Association

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