France

Safran Identity & Security now exclusive supplier of Vitale health e-cards

Feb 17, 2017

Safran Identity & Security has won a six-year contract from the GIE SESAM-Vitale to ensure the development, manufacture and personalization…

Feb 15, 2017

In an effort to maximize the speed and efficiency of the immigration clearance process for passengers travelling from the UK…

Feb 13, 2017

Vision-Box facial recognition software is being tested at Charles de Gaulle airport, according to a report by Bloomberg Technology. The…

Nov 29, 2016

Following previous policing efforts against Facebook Inc and Google on data privacy, French watchdog organization CNIL is working towards ensuring…

Nov 7, 2016

France unveiled last week plans to build a single, unified identification database containing the biometric data from the passports and…

Jun 4, 2016

The Biometrics Institute has informed the French Senate and National Assembly of its concerns regarding proposed amendments to the 1978…

Apr 25, 2016

French telecom operator Orange is set to acquire a majority stake in financial services firm Groupama in an agreement that…

Apr 14, 2016

Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris will begin testing facial recognition technology next month. According to a report in The…

Mar 28, 2016

Earlier this month, La Banque Postale obtained approval from French data protection regulatory organization CNIL to offer a voice biometrics…

Oct 12, 2015

The French delegation in Brussels wants the European Commission to broaden the scope of the ‘smart borders’ initiative to include…