Macau tests iris recognition at border crossings
China’s gambling enclave Macau has started its second test phase for iris recognition at border crossings. After installing 500 iris…
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An insider’s recap of the Legal Identity, Biometrics & Border Management Conference 2023
By Arif Mamedov, President and CEO at Regula Forensics, Inc. From July 19 to July 21, the Legal Identity, Biometrics…
CBP One app faces lawsuit from rights organizations
The U.S. government’s policy of requiring asylum seekers to book an appointment through the CBP One biometric smartphone app is…
Frontex sees mobile biometric identification as a solution to EU border checks: Report
Technologies such as mobile biometric identification and vehicle tracking could be the European Union’s alternative to reintroducing internal border controls,…
BI2 Technologies’ iris recognition solution offered free to US border sheriffs
Biometrics recognition company BI2 Technologies will give sheriffs in 31 U.S. border counties free access to its iris biometric-based Mobile…
Australian group proposes biometrics, UK lowers age to speed up border crossings
With the summer travel season heating up, more travelers are rushing to foreign destinations with more biometric checks at the…
Hong Kong extends biometric border program to 420K foreign ID holders
Beginning July 21, approximately 420,000 foreign domestic helpers, non-local students with Hong Kong ID cards, and other imported workers aged…
Eurostar officially launches SmartCheck biometric gates
Effective July 18th, 2023, the Eurostar “SmartCheck” biometric gates utilizing iProov technology have officially launched for passengers traveling through at…
US lawmaker selling bill on collecting biometrics from migrants again
A congressman from Texas is attempting to reintroduce a bill on the collection of biometric data from migrants, known as…
Human rights organizations say EU’s biometric border controls negatively impact migrants
The continuous and expansive use of digital technologies such as biometrics in the implementation of digital border control policies known…
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