{"id":4951,"date":"2008-12-01T06:55:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T05:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2008-12-01T06:55:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T05:55:44","slug":"first-id-cards-not-being-scanned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/contributions\/first-id-cards-not-being-scanned\/","title":{"rendered":"First ID cards not being scanned"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first batch of biometric identity cards issued in Britain last week to foreigners are not being read because the government failed to issue a single scanner in time.<\/p>\n

Machines that scan fingerprints and facial details were meant to be in the hands of employers, recruiters and emergency services for the rollout of the cards on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

But The Observer reported that the Home Office had still not issued the biometric readers by last week, and was unable to say when deployment would begin.<\/p>\n

As a result, the cards can only be used as a visual identifier, like a valid passport or visa, making their current use akin to a \u2018flash and go\u2019 corporate identity card scheme.<\/p>\n

Ministers have hailed the capture of facial image and fingerprints of card-holders as a way to \u201clock\u201d foreign nationals to one identity and help stamp out illegal working.<\/p>\n

Welcoming the issuing of the cards to foreign staff, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation said the move would enhance \u201csafe and ethical recruitment\u201d in the UK.<\/p>\n

It called its members, including IT recruiters, to ensure that they
\nfamiliarise themselves with the appearance of the cards<\/a> to ensure foreign candidates they engage are eligible.<\/p>\n

However, documents from the Home Office state that the cards\u2019 biometric details will only be cross-checked with the National Identity Register in a minority of cases.<\/p>\n

Employers who suspect the cards are not genuine must report to the UK Borders Agency, as must colleges in the UK with similar doubts about foreign students they enlist.<\/p>\n

Public and private sector bodies need to change how they vet workers\u2019 rights to be in the UK, ensuring their contact details and a copy of their identity card are stored.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a9 Contractor UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first batch of biometric identity cards issued in Britain last week to foreigners are not being read because the government failed to issue a single scanner in time. Machines that scan fingerprints and facial details were meant to be in the hands of employers, recruiters and emergency services for the rollout of the cards […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1615],"tags":[37,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-4951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-contributions","7":"category-uk-news","8":"tag-id-cards","9":"tag-uk-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}