New laws going into effect on October 1st in the United Kingdom make it a crime to refuse to decrypt almost any encrypted data requested by authorities as part of a criminal or terror investigation. Individuals who are believed to have the cryptographic keys necessary for such decryption will face up to 5 years in prison for failing to comply with police or military orders to hand over either the cryptographic keys, or the data in a decrypted form.
Home Office
Cross Match gets U.K. fingerprint scanner deal
Cross Match Technologies Inc. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has won a $4.4 million contract to provide fingerprint scanners to the United Kingdom’s Home Office Biometrics Framework Agreement.
The 1,385 Guardian fingerprint scanning systems will be deployed as part of a new visa program implemented by the U.K. at overseas embassies and consulates. Cross Match is delivering the systems in cooperation with its partner Steria U.K.