France

French trial of contactless biometric payment cards announced

Oct 22, 2018

French multinational bank Société Générale has announced a biometric payment card trial it says is the country’s first, in collaboration…

Sep 14, 2018

France’s digital privacy regulator has launched a public consultation on draft regulation for “biometrics at work,” which seeks to codify…

Jul 10, 2017

Jean-Marc Janaillac, the CEO of the Air France-KLM airline group, appealed to French authorities to allow a greater use of…

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…