My Way News - Biometric Data Collected at Heathrow
AP reports: "Heathrow Airport introduced a new security system for some of its passengers Friday, requiring them to undergo iris scans and be fingerprinted before boarding their flights. The biometric data will be taken at Heathrow's Terminal 1, which has separate domestic and international lounges."

My Way News - Few Delays As New Border ID Rules Begin
AP reports: "U.S. and Canadian citizens entering the country are no longer allowed to simply declare to immigration officers at border crossings that they are citizens. Instead, those 19 and older must show proof of citizenship, such as a passport or a 'trusted traveler' card issued to frequent border crossers. Driver's licenses must be accompanied by proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate."

My Way News - Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision
AP reports: "With tags in so many objects, relaying information to databases that can be linked to credit and bank cards, almost no aspect of life may soon be safe from the prying eyes of corporations and governments, says Mark Rasch, former head of the computer-crime unit of the U.S. Justice Department."

My Way News - EU Justice Chief Proposes Security Plan
AP reports: "The European Union's top justice official on Friday proposed replicating U.S. border security measures in Europe, with plans to fingerprint and electronically record the entry and of all visitors."

Jamaica Gleaner News - National ID coming - Golding wants Jamaicans registered, moves to make country more manageable
Jamaica Gleaner reports: "Speaking yesterday at a post-Cabinet retreat press conference at Jamaica House, Mr. Golding said the national identification system would be introduced in the 2008/2009 fiscal year. He said this would require every Jamaican who is resident in the country to be registered and be assigned a unique number from the date of birth."

My Way News - Cheney Wants Surveillance Law Expanded
AP reports: "At the heart of the controversy is whether the government's wireless surveillance program violated provisions of the original FISA law that requires warrants for wiretaps whenever one of the parties involved in the communication resides in the United States."

My Way News - EU Official Says IP Address Is Personal
AP reports: "IP addresses, a string of numbers that identifies a computer, should generally be regarded as personal information, the head of the European Union's group of data privacy regulators said Monday."

Date for mandatory ID cards in Britain put back to 2012: opposition - Yahoo! News
AFP reports: "Britons will not be required to have ID cards until 2012, two years later than originally planned, the opposition Conservatives claimed on Tuesday, citing leaked government documents they obtained."

My Way News - UK Says It Wants to Tackle Net Terror
AP reports: "But Internet service providers and experts say they could be accused of corporate censorship and face a mess of lawsuits if they must carry out any government order to aggressively police the Internet."

Washington Wire - WSJ.com : Dancing Spychief Wants to Tap Into Cyberspace
The Wall Street Journal reports: "At issue, McConnell acknowledges, is that in order to accomplish his plan, the government must have the ability to read all the information crossing the Internet in the United States in order to protect it from abuse. Congressional aides tell The Journal that they, too, are also anticipating a fight over civil liberties that will rival the battles over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act."