Border staff are to be given power to use ‘reasonable force’ to fingerprint migrants in France in bid deal with crisis of Channel crossings Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that the law will be changed in the spring Will allow officials to fingerprint clandestine migrants at French ports Channel crisis saw 8,500 migrants arrive in … Read more
Home Office accidentally DELETES 150,000 fingerprint, DNA and arrest records from national police database during weekly data purge – throwing UK visa system into chaos Records deleted in technological blunder and could allow offenders to go free Home Office said it was working with police to ‘assess the impact’ of the glitch Omissions appear to … Read more
Apple could add Touch ID to its Apple Watch, eliminating the need to type in a passcode. A new report suggests the tech giant could add fingerprint biometrics to either the digital crown or under the screen. Consumers may see the new technology in the Apple Watch Series 7, which is also said to have … Read more