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, ...

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 ...

The first UK ID cards have already been issued - but no UK police officers or border guards have any way of reading the data stored on them. Currently no police stations, border entry points or job ...

The UK government has seemingly rowed back on plans to enforce a mandatory digital ID card to prove the right to work in the UK. After months of setbacks, including whistleblowers expressing concerns ...

The UK government has confirmed that digital identity cards will not be made compulsory for workers, marking a significant change to plans first outlined by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last year.

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 ...

Former Home Office Sec. David Blunkett says the UK should scrap the plans for a mandatory ID card and instead use electronic passports, according to a BBC news report. Blunkett, who first came up with ...

A U.K. group worried about the security of personal data to be collected under a new identity card plan is calling on people to renew their passports in May to avoid being part of the identity card ...

Britain introduced new entry rules on Jan 1, requiring Polish citizens to present a valid passport when crossing the UK border, ending the use of national identity cards even for long-term residents.