Enhancing digital IDs for Canadian tribes; still shipping paper documents in the U.S.
An Indigenous digital identity company says it has created Canada’s first online status card, or eID, service. OneFeather facilitates the…
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Airports adopt touchless biometrics as aviation returns to growth
The global civil aviation industry is expected to gradually recover from the COVID pandemic and reach $1.09 trillion by 2028…
CBP biometric facial comparison deployed for cruise ship disembarkation in US
Passengers disembarking from cruise ships into twelve U.S. ports at the end of their cruise will undergo facial biometric comparison…
Biometrics for travel: Elenium, SITA deployments, CBP encourages facial recognition
Deployments of biometric solutions to improve the passenger experience continue this week with Elenium partnering with Darwin International Airport (DIA)…
CBP biometrics reach Guam and Saipan airports with Simplified Arrival launch
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expanding its biometric Simplified Arrival program beyond the continental United States to include…
Idemia face biometrics deployed at LAX for international flights
Passengers at Tom Bradley International Terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) can now use face biometrics from Idemia on…
CBP One app deployed for asylum seekers, biometric surveillance concerns raised
The Biden Administration has “quietly” expanded the use of the CBP One mobile app, which uses face biometrics to confirm…
ICE deploys mobile face biometrics to remotely monitor registered migrants
A pair of recently deployed facial recognition systems are helping the U.S. government monitor migrants and other foreign nationals crossing…
Biometric boarding, screening and ID arrive at airports in South Korea, Guyana, US, and France
Several institutions and companies around the world have unveiled new biometric solutions this week to facilitate the return to air…
DHS abandons proposed expansion of immigration biometrics collection
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially withdrawn its proposal to drastically expand biometrics collection from immigrants and others,…
