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Switzerland advances with plan to access asylum seekers’ digital data for ID verification

Authorities in Switzerland are advancing a plan that will update the country’s immigration laws to grant border officials the power…

 

Cameroon introduces legislation to allow biometric visas, residence permits

The plan by the government of Cameroon to put in place a system for the issuance of biometric visas and…

 

Use of Ghana Card as travel ID gaining traction, Namibia, Botswana follow suit

More than 1,000 Ghanaians travelled into the country from different destinations around the world using their national biometric ID credential…

 

Dermalog beats Semlex, others to $48M biometric passport deal in DRC

German biometrics firm Dermalog has won a contract worth US$48 million to produce biometric passports in the Democratic Republic of…

 

Biometric passports: progress in Nepal, Seychelles, ‘huge crowds’ in Bhutan

Biometric passport issuance is progressing at different rates in three countries this week. First to the Seychelles, which has unveiled…

 

An easier travel path from home to hotel room with digital credentials and facial biometric match

Digital travel credentials are here. The launch of American Airlines’ Mobile ID – which combines Thales technology with the Airside…

 

US might have to settle for compromised ID cards

In a development that surprised few paying attention to the U.S. plan to get more-secure IDs in the hands of…

 

Acceptance of digital ID cards for travel spotty but there are innovation standouts

Digital IDs are the goal for many governments around the world but getting biometric ID cards in the hands of…

 

Law on biometric documents issuance passes first reading in Belarus parliament

Members of the House of Representatives of Belarus have given their first nod to a draft law which seeks to…

 

Biometric passport adoption trend grows amid data privacy, cost, issuance concerns

Multiple developments have emerged from different countries in recent days concerning biometric passports, from Pakistan announcing it has issued first…

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