Thales, Zetes contracted for embedded biometrics and forgery protections of new Belgian passports
The next generation of passports in Belgium will be produced by Thales and personalized with biometric and biographical data by Zetes under…
Civil / National ID
Civil ID is used to identify or verify the identity of individuals when interacting with governments, though increasingly it is also used for regulated private industries, such as mobile phone accounts. Government examples of civil ID use could include document issuance, border management, voter registration or employment background checks. Find Civil ID solutions here.
Suprema ID launches compact multi-function reader for documents with embedded biometrics
Suprema ID has unveiled a new multi-functional, full-page document reader with support for biometric credentials. The RealPass-N performs one-step scanning…
Elyctis ID document readers and in-car biometric scanners enable mobile identification by Spanish police
Spanish National Police are reporting improved operational efficiency from using mobile biometric scanners with ID document readers supplied by Elyctis….
European Digital Identity vision outlined by EC
The European Commission has unveiled plans for the development of trusted digital identities that can be used throughout the EU….
Government investments in digital identity and biometrics programs progress around the world
Progress and plans for national digital identity systems and biometric e-government solutions have been announced around the world, including a…
Challenging biometrics use in 4 not-at-all-easy steps
Acknowledging history is running against anyone opposing national biometric identity systems, a partisan privacy nonprofit has published a sizable guide…
ID2020, Vision-Box online conferences to explore good ID, biometric border management
Vision-Box and ID2020 have each announced online events, with Europe’s biometric border initiative explored in-depth during the former, and the…
Smartmatic wins Uganda biometric voter registration kit contract with $22.4M bid
After last week’s special report on Nigeria and Ghana, we cast our biometrics news net across the African continent again…
Major biometrics contracts in Sweden and Cameroon, national ID programs in India, Canada advance
National digital identity projects involving biometrics made up the theme of the week’s top news on Biometric Update, with Thales…
Ecosystem approach could accelerate biometric enrollment in Nigeria
Nigeria’s goal to enroll the biometrics of all citizens to provide digital identity is possible to achieve in even less…
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