Australian airports may trial iPhones to verify identity of overseas travelers
Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection has recommended outfitting Border Force officers at the country’s eight international airports with…
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Legislation struggling with deployment pace of biometric identity systems, says privacy expert
In an article published today in Technology Science, a Harvard-based journal, World Privacy Forum founder Pam Dixon argues that legislation…
Nigeria loses $2b annually to agencies’ duplication of biometrics data collection
A Nigerian information technology expert has revealed that the country’s federal government may be losing $2 billion annually to the…
NIST drafts new safeguards for information systems, Internet of things
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new draft revision of its Special Publication (SP) 800-53,…
New immigration bill could increase use of biometric data at border
A new immigration bill introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), which is currently posted on his website, would significantly expand…
Home Office issues $118m biometrics, digitization tender for UK Visas and Immigration
The Home Office has issued a tender for “front end services” including biometrics and the digitization of supporting evidence valued…
EPIC urges TSA to consider other options to expanding biometric identifiers for Pre-check
Privacy rights organization Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) urged the Transportation Security Administration to consider other options for expanding the…
Ukraine foreign visitors to have biometrics collected
In an effort to tighten control of the Ukrainian state border crossing, the country’s National Security and Defense Council is…
European Parliament supports measure to fingerprint asylum seekers from age 6
The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Commission has supported a new measure that proposes to lower the fingerprinting age of asylum…
UIDAI extends deadline for new security key for biometric authentication devices
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the governing agency in charge of Aadhaar, has given a four-month extension to manufacturers…
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