Technical issues hit EU biometric border plan, potentially delaying 2022 launch
The EU’s updated biometric border control system, Entry/Exit System (EES), is suffering massive technical and organizational problems, and looks to…
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ICE drops $3.9M for Trust Stamp’s facial recognition, London Met taps NEC for $4.2M
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recently signed a $3.9 million contract with Trust Stamp for the development…
CBP biometrics for border entry expand in Texas as imposter apprehended
The Anzalduas International Bridge Port of Entry (POE) in Texas will be the site of a new trial of face…
Privacy concerns linger around new EU data sharing Protocol
The Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence, which can include…
eu-LISA industry roundtable to explore AI and biometric database interoperability
EU operational technology management agency eu-LISA is to host an industry roundtable in November focusing on ‘Artificial Intelligence in Large-scale…
EAB advocates for biometric border posts to include privacy-enhancing technologies
The non-profit European Association for Biometrics (EAB) has published a position paper this month highlighting the biometric technology that can…
Scattershot ID techniques in passports are not catching fraudsters
A new Secure Identity Alliance report on passport fraud calls out the fragility of travel documents, even biometric passports, as…
Coppernic exec urges biometrics from European vendors for Entry-Exit System
The Managing Director of Coppernic has urged the EU to consider deploying European biometric solutions, like the terminals his company…
Idemia upgrades INTERPOL multi-biometric system, extension to border stations planned
Idemia will supply its latest-generation multi-biometric identification system (MBIS) to INTERPOL for instant identification of criminal suspects with fingerprint and face…
A push to make a DHS biometric program permanent
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are again pushing legislation that would make a decade-old biometric border-protection pilot program…
