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SITA Biometrics News
ID4Africa calls on Facebook to settle face biometrics bias question through NIST testing
The presence of demographic differences in face biometrics performance has dogged increasingly dogged the modality, and been referred to in…
| Aug 20, 2020 | NEC, SITA, Idemia and Clear talk touchless biometrics and seamless airport technologies deploymentsDetails have emerged about biometrics deployments at airports around the world by NEC, SITA, and Clear, while startup Travizory has… |
| Aug 7, 2020 | TSA to stand up airport digital ID app as aviation sector deploys biometrics and temperature checksNew apps and solutions utilizing biometrics to facilitate safe air travel continue to be launched and implemented, and the TSA… |
| Jul 21, 2020 | NEC partners with SITA for touchless airport biometrics, celebrates 121 years of innovationNEC Corporation and SITA have entered a global agreement to roll out a walk-through, contactless digital identity solution for airports… |
| Jul 8, 2020 | Telos ID biometric background check service renewed by Denver airport, aviation industry shifts towards mobile contactless processingDenver International Airport (DEN) has renewed its contract with Telos ID for aviation worker biometric background checks, according to Transportation… |
| Jun 30, 2020 | New Idemia CEO among biometrics and digital identity company executive, board changesIdemia’s supervisory board has named Pierre Barrial as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Group, the biometrics, security and… |
| Jun 12, 2020 | Spirit Airlines and SITA talk biometrics for air travel reopening, Houston and Hawaii announce deploymentsAs the aviation industry seeks a way to restart safely and win the confidence of the traveling public, Spirit Airlines… |
| Jun 4, 2020 | Zwipe, Sita, ACM announce leadership changesEffective June 2, 2020, Zwipe has appointed Oslo-based Bishwajit Choudhary as Executive Vice President Strategy & Channels to lead business… |
| May 20, 2020 | Sita becomes Premier Donor of Sovrin Foundation to boost self-sovereign identity adoptionSita has doubled down on the Sovrin Foundation, becoming a Premier Donor to the international non-profit focused on advancing self-sovereign… |
| May 19, 2020 | Aviation industry stakeholders and biometrics partners consider way forward as TSA pilots fever checksAirports and airlines developing their own biometric systems could duplicate systems unnecessarily and create barriers to integration, according to an… |
| May 8, 2020 | Airports and biometrics providers work towards relaunch with contactless “new normal”Melbourne-area Avalon Airport has expanded its partnership with Elenium Automation to implement the company’s full suite of biometrics and other technology… |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Malaysia Airlines pilots Sita’s single-token biometric systemMalaysia Airlines has rolled out Sita’s Smart Path Solution, a single-token biometric system for the full airport traveller journey, after… |
| Jan 15, 2020 | Philadelphia Airport starts biometric exit screening projectPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL) is rolling out on January 21 a 45-day biometric screening trial project at three international gates… |
| Jan 13, 2020 | Airport biometrics predications, deployments, upgrades and plans for future servicesBiometrics is one of Future Travel Experience’s “12 technology trends for airlines and airports to focus on in 2020,” having… |
| Nov 29, 2019 | Biometrics to drive airports security market growth as China invests and new deployments announcedBiometric systems are expected to lead the market for airport security systems in growth over the next five years, as… |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Facial recognition arriving in Seattle and Delhi airports, Iberia mobile app, Sita talks biometric data sharingSeattle-Tacoma International Airport will join the ranks of Biometric Exit points under U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP’s) traveller facial… |
| Nov 7, 2019 | Air travel industry’s $50B investment in biometrics and other IT improves passenger satisfactionThe air travel industry is finally making significant headway on improving customer satisfaction levels and average processing time, and it… |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Sita to launch single-token biometric system at Malaysian airports as data sharing startup Zamna raises $5MSita will introduce a single-token biometric system for the full airport traveller journey at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in collaboration… |
| Sep 23, 2019 | WTTC and Sita encourage collaboration for unified biometric travel as systems expandThe World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) wants to bring the sector together to develop a single biometric identifier for… |
| Sep 16, 2019 | Details on Gatwick airport biometrics deployment emerge as Algeria and Pune announce plansGatwick Airport is planning to extend its biometric facial recognition checks to eight more departure gates following the planned extension… |
