EES faces fresh political pressure despite security gains
Airport and airline operators continue to be at loggerheads over the EU’s EES system as a first-person account sheds light…
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Investors back Lissi, Gataca’s expansions to meet EU Digital Identity Wallet moment
A pair of European digital wallet developers have new resources to pursue market share in the nascent continental ecosystem for…
Airline lobby groups want full ESS pause for summer, EC agrees to meet
Europe’s aviation industry is struggling with the new biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) so much that countries need the option to…
Pressure grows to suspend EES checks during European summer travel
Airports in Rome are considering suspending the Entry-Exit System (EES) during the summer travel season. Marco Troncone, chief executive of…
Omada unveils sovereign identity governance for regulated sectors
Omada has launched a new identity governance product designed to give European organizations full control over where and how their…
Eurodac rollout exposes uneven readiness across EU
European countries are working to implement the new version of the Eurodac system, a biometric database for asylum seekers and…
BioRugged launches biometric camera platform for European system integrators
BioRugged has developed a new camera platform for biometric enrollment, border control and law enforcement applications and in a new…
Europe seeks feedback on plan for sharing biometric data with non-EU law enforcement
The European Commission has requested public feedback on its plans for a reciprocal biometric data-sharing framework for police with non-EU…
D9+ ministers encourage privacy preserving EU-wide age verification
This week saw the publication of the Luxembourg Declaration, a text marking the meeting of D9+ ministers in Luxembourg to…
Frontex warns EES border queues could persist for another two years
The EU’s biometric-based Entry-Exit System (EES) may continue to cause long queues at borders for another two years, a Frontex…
