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…
Entry/Exit System (EES)
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Frontex foresight project identifies 20 biometric categories for future relevance
Research project ‘Technology Foresight on Biometrics’ from EU border security agency Frontex, which studies the impact of emerging biometric technologies…
Cognitec contracted by Germany for biometric border checks
Cognitec has won a contract with Germany, for an initial duration of four years, for the supply of biometric devices…
Increased interoperability of EU biometric databases may be impacting human rights
A new report in the European Journal of Law and Technology highlights a series of human rights concerns about the EU’s…
Vision-Box launches Frontex biometric border pilot in Bulgaria
Vision-Box has officially unveiled its Frontex awarded trial aimed at implementing a new biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) pilot project at…
‘Little progress’ at state level for EU biometric database: report
National-level delays among EU and Schengen area states participating in the formation of a massive shared biometric identity database threaten…
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 argues for modular airport biometrics approach to meet EU border rules
Idemia has published a position paper detailing five key recommendations for Europe’s planned biometric Entry Exit System (EES) in order…
France chooses Thales’ biometric kiosks to meet EU border check directive
France has opted for biometric pre-registration kiosks from Thales as the country prepares to meet the European Union’s requirement of…
Estonia selects secunet biometric border control gates, Greece plans port system
Two of Estonia’s main air and land border checkpoints will operate the new generation of biometric automated secunet easygates, which…
