FB pixel

Public left confused over Australia’s airport biometric smartgate upgrade

 

Vision-Box-SmartGates-at-Sydey-airport-biometrics-passenger-processing

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has cast a dark cloud of confusion over its airport border control smartgate upgrade, after removing all public information about the project from its website, reports ITnews.

In September, Home Affairs announced a five-year partnership with Vision-Box to extend the biometric SmartGates Departures Program started in 2015 to June 2026. In August, however, Home Affairs reached a AUD $30 million (roughly US$20.3 million) deal with Idemia to modernize its Morpho (now Idemia) smartgates, without giving details on how this will play out under the Vision-Box partnership that was to replace the Morpho-supplied gates.

The operational trial of facial recognition smartgates at Canberra Airport, part of a $22.5 million (US$15.2 million) biometric border control solution from Vision-Box, was postponed in July.

Last week, all details listed on the website about the project, trial with Vision-Box and partnership with Idemia were deleted.

ITnews sources claim the work with Vision-Box might not continue after the facial recognition trials conducted over the past 18 months were not as successful as expected. Home Affairs did not comment on whether the contract with Vision-Box was terminated or not.

Article Topics

 |   |   |   |   | 

Latest Biometrics News

 

Facial recognition comes to the fairway with US Open deployment

For the second year in a row, the U.S. Open golf tournament is using biometrics for ticketing, through partnerships with…

 

NZ retailers adopt FRT to fight retail crime following privacy commissioner report

A host of major New Zealand retailers are signing up to deploy facial recognition technology in their stores. The bosses…

 

Au10tix gets nod from Microsoft as ideal solution for AI agents built in MS Copilot

At the recent Microsoft Build event, Au10tix got a public endorsement from Microsoft as an ideal match for AI agents…

 

UK inches towards digital ID clarity with passage of Data (Use and Access) Bill

The UK House of Lords has passed the government’s Data (Use and Access) Bill, bringing it within a royal signature…

 

Age assurance trial on track amid sweeping online regulatory changes in Australia

Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial is going well, thank you very much. That’s the gist of a post from the…

 

Airport biometric screening expands across US amid calls for federal oversight

Biometrics is steaming ahead for air travel, but privacy concerns remain while consumers are still becoming aware of modern changes….

Comments

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Biometric Market Analysis

Most Viewed This Week

Featured Company

Biometrics Insight, Opinion

Digital ID In-Depth

Biometrics White Papers

Biometrics Events