Idemia responds to termination of contract with Airports Company South Africa
Following yesterday’s report on the cancellation of Idemia’s biometrics contract with South Africa’s airport authority, the French firm has issued…
Border and Port Security
Biometric access control systems used at airports and national or regional boundaries to track and manage the flow of humans, and the databases and documents that support them, make up border and port security. Includes national and immigration registries, ePassports and smart card systems, automated border control (ABC) kiosks, and apps for data sharing among other products and services.
UK allocates £10.5 million for new EES kiosks
Despite announcements that the EU’s Entry-Exit System (EES) will be postponed until November, British ports are still struggling to prepare…
Idemia contract with South Africa airport authority terminated
Idemia’s major contract to supply biometrics and facial recognition systems for South Africa’s airports has been canceled, after months of…
CBP One app found to have issues vetting users, security vulnerabilities
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) already controversial CBP One mobile app that allows undocumented noncitizens seeking admission into the…
TSA biometrics program is evolving faster than critics’ perceptions
By Neville Pattinson, Head of Federal Government Sales at Thales Group’s DIS Identity & Biometric Solutions When Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)…
Türkiye plans to issue biometric IDs to refugees with protected status
The government of Türkiye says there is a plan in the pipeline to issues ID cards embedded with biometric chips…
US agencies to gather for Biometrics Town Hall on common vocab, data models
The biometrics body of America’s National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is holding an event for the biometrics community at the…
EU biometric Entry/Exit System launch date confirmed for November 10
With the new Entry/Exit System (EES) formally scheduled to launch on November 10, 2024, Europe will deploy the “most modern…
DHS S&T, USCIS partner on digital credentials using open standards
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that…
Canadian border agency launching immigration app with facial recognition, AWS tech
Canadian border authorities will launch an app this fall that will help them track people who have been ordered to…
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