CBP does not have data to assess racial bias in Biometric Exit facial recognition
U.S. Customs and Border Protection does not gather data on race and ethnicity, and therefore is not able to assess…
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Industry roundtable hosted by eu-LISA to focus on biometrics for seamless border crossings
An industry roundtable is being hosted by the eu-LISA to explore the findings and proposals of the Member State Working…
Biometric Exit expected to process nearly all air passengers departing U.S. within four years
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expects its Biometric Exit program to process 97 percent of airline passengers departing…
DHS struggles to deploy system to collect biometrics of departing travelers; proposed FY 2019 budget will help
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to work to deploy systems and procedures to collect the biographic and biometric…
IDEMIA biometric technology selected by Royal Caribbean to expedite passenger debarkation
IDEMIA, together with Royal Caribbean Cruises and U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today the expansion of Royal Caribbean’s debarkation…
EU sets biometric standards for Entry/Exit System
The European Union has finalized specifications for the biometrics used in its Entry/Exit System (EES), which will be introduced in…
Tampa International Airport to implement biometrics to replace passport and boarding pass
Tampa International Airport (TPA) has announced the implementation of biometric facial recognition to replace passport screening, and eventually to replace…
U.S. Senators issue bi-partisan call for DHS to pause biometric entry-exit roll out
U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Mike Lee (R-UT) have called for the Department of Homeland Services (DHS) to pause…
Civil rights groups say CBP ignored them and skipped public feedback for Biometric Entry/Exit
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to apply the Biometric Entry and Exit system to all international flights in…
Orlando International Airport’s full deployment of Biometric Entry and Exit cost $4 million
The implementation of the facial recognition system used by Orlando International Airport (MCO) to process passengers at 30 international departure…
