Since HMRC lost 25 million records, public trust in the government’s
introduction of ID cards is fading and alternative schemes are growing in
appeal.
UK Biometrics Ltd has proposed a
scheme where an individual’s biometric data would be stored on their smart card
chips in their credit cards, and there would be no need for a centralised
national identity database.
“When required by police or authorities to positively identify themselves the
card holder would slot their smart card into a hand held biometric scanner,
place their fingertip onto the reader and have their identity confirmed,” said
the firm.
The solution would help eliminate fraud as well as giving the ownership of
data to the individual.
Matthew James, UK Biometrics Managing Director, said “In the event that
someone loses their smart card, their fingerprint cannot be reproduced from the
encrypted data held for comparison on the chip.”
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