Facial recognition audit shows U.S. Customs has some privacy and notification work to do
A government performance audit looking into the use of biometric facial recognition by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency…
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TSA tests Idemia’s biometric self-service checkpoint at DCA
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is testing out a contactless facial biometrics self-service checkpoint system from Idemia at Ronald Reagan…
TSA to stand up airport digital ID app as aviation sector deploys biometrics and temperature checks
New apps and solutions utilizing biometrics to facilitate safe air travel continue to be launched and implemented, and the TSA…
ID document authentication device rolled out by TSA, SPS adds ID counterfeit prevention
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has introduced five credential authentication technology (CAT) units for checkpoint screening to confirm traveler ID…
U.S. Oversight Board Member and Australian academics question airport temperature screening plans
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Member Travis LeBlanc has written to Chad F. Wolf, acting secretary of the Department…
Seattle Airport extends contract for Telos ID’s biometric background screening
Government agency the Port of Seattle has extended the contract with identity management provider Telos ID to optimize aviation workers’…
Aviation industry stakeholders and biometrics partners consider way forward as TSA pilots fever checks
Airports and airlines developing their own biometric systems could duplicate systems unnecessarily and create barriers to integration, according to an…
TSA and NEC experts talk biometrics in latest IBIA podcast
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is still defining the role of biometrics in domestic air travel, but will move…
ACLU sues U.S. government agencies for records on facial biometrics deployments and plans
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, accusing Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…
Idemia to build biometrics-backed digital identity service in Egypt, supply TSA trials, joins Kantara
Idemia is planning to expand its business in Egypt and establish a shared services center in the country, CEO Yan…
