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Biometrics R&D or Industry
2008-06-30 - Special Issue on Biometrics Systems - IEEE Systems Journal
CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Systems JournalSpecial Issue on Biometrics Systems The increasing needs for security as well as medical diagnosis make biometrics more and more valuable world-wide, both [...more]
Public Authorities
2008-06-24 - Swiss pass and identity cards are to go biometric by 2010
As a signatory to the Schengen Agreement on external border controls, Switzerland is committed to introducing biometric passports by 2010. These will include an electronically encoded photo and finger [...more]
Public Authorities
2008-06-03 - Cross-border recognition of national eID – Launch of the STORK pilot project
The European Commission has unveiled a pilot project called STORK (Secure idenTity acrOss boRders linKed) whose aim is to ensure the cross-border recognition of national electronic identity (eID) syst [...more]
Public Authorities
2008-05-21 - Biometric passport in France
Biometric passports containing a digital photo and the fingerprints of their holders will gradually replace the electronic passport that has been made available in France since April 2006.  A rec [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2008-05-14 - Launch of Nordic Biometrics Forum
It has recently been decided to  create a Nordic Biometrics Forum supported by Danish Biometrics, SNBA, ITS Norway and EBF The objectives are:1.       Awareness acti [...more]
Other Industries or Services
2008-03-10 - LSEC Biometrics Forum 2008
A seminar is organised in Brussels on the current status and recent developments of Biometrics in enterprise and government (Wednesday March 12). [...more]
Public Authorities
2008-01-28 - Checking for fingerprints – the new UK visa system
The UK Home Office has announced that it has completed its global system for checking the fingerprints of visa applicants, ahead of both time and budget.  Home Office Minister, Liam Byrne, announ [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-11-21 - UK biometric cards more expensive ?
According to the UK Home Office’s latest estimate, the introduction of an electronic identity card in the UK is likely to cost £5.6 billion (€8.04 billion) over the next ten years. &n [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-11-07 - Centre for Ethical Identity Assurance will work on biometrics standards
A new international initiative, the Centre for Ethical Identity Assurance (CEIA), involving industry, government and academic partners has been launched to address the growing problem of identity frau [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-10-23 - Dutch test on fingerprinting black-listed football fans
According to a trial by Dutch research organisation TNO, a fingerprint recognition system failed to prevent black-listed fans from entering football grounds and was easily fooled by simple spoofing te [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-10-15 - 2nd generation German ePassports issued from 1 November
A Second-generation ePassports containing two fingerprints will be issued in Germany from 1 November 2007. New procedures are being introduced in population registration offices in town halls where th [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-10-15 - FABIS scanners for Berlin Police
Berlin police is to spend €4.2 billion on new electronic devices. The equipment will include finger and hand scanners, readers for second-generation ePassports, and telephone surveillance systems [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-10-11 - Research & Deployments focus of 3rd EBF Research Seminar
The impact of current biometric deployments on the European research agenda was the focus of the 3rd EBF Research Seminar which took place on 2 & 3 October 2007 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Brusse [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-10-11 - Krzysztof Kryszczuk wins EBF European Biometric Research Award
The European Biometrics Forum is delighted to announce that the EBF European Biometric Research Award 2007, which recognizes the significant contributions made in the field of biometrics research in E [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-09-21 - UK first EU country to collect biometrics from every visa applicant
UK is the first EU country to collect ten fingerprints and a digital photo from every visa applicant. The UK Home Office has signed a EUR 3.6 million (£2.18m) deal with supplier Cross Match [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-07-17 - German Federal Police questions reliability of facial recognition
The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) found biometric visual-image search systems not advanced enough to be used by the police to search for persons. BKA presented research results of its vi [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-06-20 - Visa Information System: the database to stop visa shopping
The European Parliament has approved draft proposals to develop a biometric database which will make it harder for people who are refused a visa by one ‘Schengen country’ to apply for a vi [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-06-01 - A New, secure eID in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian government has announced that a new generation of personal IDs will be issued from 31 October 2007. The modernised eDocuments will look similar to the current Bulgarian identity card, bu [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-05-27 - Gatwick airport keeps eye on security with biometric iris scans
The UK's Home Office has introduced biometric iris scans at Gatwick airport to improve security and speed up immigration. IRIS (Iris Recognition Immigration System), allows registered passengers to en [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-05-08 - NASA Deploys New Biometric Workflow Platform Product for PIV
Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a global provider of imaging and biometrics software, has announced that NASA has deployed Aware’s new Biometric Workflow Platform™ (BWP) as a key component of [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-04-30 - BIOMETRICS IDENTITY VERIFICATION
EPFL's School of Continuing Education (SCE);COST2101 Training School;Biometrics Center Lausanne;Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Information Security (ISIS);National Center of Competence in Res [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-04-26 - FYROM becomes one of first non-EU states to issue ePassports
This month, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia becomes one of the first non-EU countries to equip its population with travel documents featuring digitalised signatures and biometric data. Forty [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-04-04 - EU: Two fingerprints or Ten?
US border controls are moving from a two-fingerprint to a ten-fingerprint system. But two fingerprints will remain the norm in EU passports. Austrian public broadcaster the ORF asked the German EU pre [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-04-02 - United Kingdom Biometric Institute created
Prominent figures from the biometrics research and technologies sectors have met at the University of Kent's Canterbury campus on Monday 2 April to celebrate the formation of the United [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-03-29 - Biometric move to secure UK borders
The UK Home Office announced that all visitors to the UK except those from the EU would have to give biometric data before they arrive.There are plans for a time-limited Olympics visa, and the mo [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-03-21 - Commissioner Reding examines interoperable European eID system
The European Commission is examining ways of introducing an interoperable eID system across Europe, stated Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information, Society and Media, at the Internationa [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-03-07 - Portugal issues the first eID card based on Identification Authentication Signature
Portugal is to issue Europe’s first national eID card based on Identification Authentication Signature (IAS) criteria. Digital security multinational Gemalto has just been awarded the contract f [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-02-27 - Register to the 14-16 May Advanced Identification Systems EU Conference
Advanced Identification Systems EU will unite the public and private sectors by discussing obstacles and opportunities in today’s biometrics and identity markets and potential future government [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-02-23 - Eye scans 'mean airport delays'
Iris-scanning machines are not reliable enough to be used at airports and will cause long delays for passengers, a Conservative MP has claimed. Ben Wallace said an official report showed the scanners [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-02-18 - Mise en réseau des banques de données policières en Europe
Le Conseil des ministres de la Justice et des Affaires intérieures de l'Union europé­enne qui s'est tenu le jeudi 15 février à Bruxelles a permis de parvenir à u [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-02-17 - Geld abheben mittels Fingerabdruck
Geld abheben mittels Fingerprint-Check wird in Indien bald Realität. Die indische Regierung hat beschlossen, 15 biometrische Bankomaten in fünf Landesteilen aufzustellen. Statt der herkö [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-02-14 - Gemalto sélectionné pour le projet de carte d’identité électronique au Portugal
Ce programme comprend plus de deux millions de cartes par an, et constitue le premier projet d’identité en Europe basé sur les spécifications IAS (Identification Authenticat [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-02-14 - BofA Uses German G&D Technology in Mobile Phone Trial
Bank of America (BofA) is using German smart card vendor Giesecke & Devrient's over-the-air (OTA) personalization technology in its U.S mobile payments trial. BofA has issued Near Field Communicat [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-02-10 - Ganz oben steht die Überwachung und biometrische Zugangskontrolle
Die RFID-Technologie wird auch im Jahr 2007 ein bestimmendes Thema der IT-Branche sein. Diese eindeutige Erkenntnis ist ein zentrales Ergebnis des aktuellen Eurospace RFID-Reports. Dem Report liegt ei [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-02-08 - Canada: Nouvelle carte de sécurité biométrique en vigueur dans les aéroports
Le premier système d'identification biométrique double au monde est en opération pour les employés dans les principaux aéroports au Canada. La nouvelle carte d'ident [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-02-07 - Counter-Terrorism: First biometric ID system put into operation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday put into operation the first biometric identification system on its border with Afghanistan as part of a range of planned measures to reinforce the frontier against milit [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-02-06 - Free Biometrics Training
The Dublin based "Inhouse Training" publishes a list of free on-line trainings, covering biometrics, smart cards, privacy, mrtd etc. The courses are validated by the State University of New [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-02-06 - Belgique - Le lecteur d'empreintes dans les écoles crée la polémique
L'installation d'un système de lecture d'empreintes digitales à l'entrée de l'école libre Marie-José à Liège, après deux autres écoles br [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-02-05 - Fingerprint at School / Empreintes digitales à l'école
After two schools in Brussels, a third college in Liège is implementing fingerprint access control to avoid "third party intrusions" in school premices.Empreintes digitales à l [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-01-31 - EU to debate data transfers to US
The European Parliament is to debate how much data on air passengers and bank transactions is fed into a US anti-terror profiling system. The EU has already raised concerns with Washington that the US [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-01-29 - Schweitz: Uneinigkeit über biometrische Pässe
In der Schweiz lebende Ausländer sollen biometrische Ausweise erhalten. CVP und FDP sind zwar dafür, sorgen sich aber um die hohen Kosten. Die SVP hingegen poltert gegen vollendete Tatsachen [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-01-21 - Deux projets de recherche biométriques validés par la CNIL
Le 18 janvier 2007, pour la première fois, la CNIL a autorisé la mise en ouvre de deux programmes de recherche dans le domaine de la biométrie. Le premier est un programme de rech [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-01-20 - Austria: Geld abheben mittels Fingerabdruck
Chennai (pte/19.01.2007/13:50) - Geld abheben mittels Fingerprint-Check wird in Indien bald Realität. Die indische Regierung hat beschlossen, 15 biometrische Bankomaten in fünf Landesteilen [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-01-19 - Nigerian democracy goes biometric
The Nigerian general election scheduled for April is on track to use biometric technology for voter verification following the award of a contract to BIO-key International and Labcal Technologies. The [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-01-18 - IBG Releases Biometrics Market and Industry Report 2007-2012
New York City, NY (PRWeb) January 16, 2007 -- International Biometric Group announces availability of its Biometrics Market and Industry Report 2007-2012. According to IBG this is an in-depth and [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-01-11 - New EU members could join border free area by year end
Poland, Hungary and eight other ‘new’ European Union member states should join the Union's border-free area from the end of this year under a deal reached in Brussels last month. EU Home A [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-01-09 - France: l’autorisation de la CNIL est obligatoire
Selon la Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, tous les traitements comportant des données biométriques doivent faire l’objet d’une autorisatio [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-01-09 - More than two-thirds of Americans support adding biometrics to government-issued identification
According to new TRUSTe study, a majority of consumers want biometrics on credit and debit cards as well. Eighty-two percent of Americans support the use of biometric identification on passports, acco [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-01-09 - Cognitec wins Estonian contract
Cognitec Systems has announced a deal with IBM Estonia to provide facial recognition technology for the Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Citizenship and Migration Board. The technology will be u [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-01-05 - Latvia set for Q3 ePassport rollout
The Latvian government has awarded German technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) a contract to produce 1.1 million ePassports over the next five years.  To read more about the topic: [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-01-03 - Maroc : Carte d’identité nationale générale et biométrique
Généraliser la CIN (carte d’identité nationale) à 2,5 millions de personnes en mobilisant 140 équipes et 200 opérateurs de saisie est l’objectif d [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2007-01-03 - Cross Match Technologies sécurise des casinos allemands
Cross Match Technologies, Inc., un des plus grands prestataires mondiaux d'applications et de solutions d'identité biométrique interopérables haut de gamme, a annoncé aujou [...more]
Public Authorities
2007-01-02 - EU driving licence coming in 2013
The European parliament has given final approval to the creation of a European driving licence, which will replace the many national licences used in the EU.  The credit card-style licence, with [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2007-01-02 - US 'licence to snoop' on British air travellers
Britons flying to America could have their credit card and email accounts inspected by the United States authorities following a deal struck by Brussels and Washington. By using a credit card to book [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-12-21 - Opportunity of Mega ID database questionned in UK
The British government is having second thoughts about plans to create a national database that would hold personal information and biometric data for British citizens, Silicon.com reports.  The [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-12-21 - Biometrics central to UK Immigration Minister's Action Plans
In a major speech this week, UK Minister, Liam Byrne, announced the use of biometric technology as a key part of his newly published Strategic Action Plan for the national identity scheme and for Bord [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-12-20 - Safran : L'ex-DAF de Sagem Défense Sécurité porte plainte
D'après "Les Echos", Denis Fercoq, ex-directeur financier de Sagem Défense Sécurité, a porté plainte en diffamation contre le président du directoir [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-12-20 - Bitkom says biometrics, DRM, and SOA are promising IT sectors
IT industry lobby group Bitkom says that six "technologies that are still largely neglected" have the potential to post significant growth in the next few years and create numerous new jobs [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-12-07 - Sagem Défense Sécurité numérise les fiches d’empreintes digitales et palmaires pour la police des Pays-Bas
Le 6 novembre dernier, à l’issue d’un appel d’offres international, la Police nationale des Pays-Bas (KLPD Korps Landelijke Politiediensten) et Sagem Défense Séc [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-12-06 - India: Biometric passports to be piloted
New Delhi, 4 Dec. (AKI/Asian Age) - Indian passports are set to go hi-tech with the government clearing the way for the introduction of e-passports. The new passports, which will incorporate biometric [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-12-06 - Heathrow begins biometric trials
Passengers at Heathrow airport are being invited to sign up for a trial of the most advanced passenger screening equipment in the world.  Travellers will have the option of bypassing long queues [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-12-05 - Estonia: US Seeks Expansion of Visa-Waiver Program
In a visit to Estonia last week, President Bush called for an expansion of the Visa-Waiver program to additional countries, such as Estonia. Currently some 27 countries participate in the program, whi [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-12-05 - EU Council warned over data protection issues
The European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx has issued a follow-up opinion to the proposal for a framework decision for data protection in the third pillar. Worried about indications t [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-12-05 - Norway Awards Motorola Biometric Passports and Visa Contract
Motorola today announced a contract with Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) and the National Police Computing and Material Service (PDMT) to provide for the collection and verification of [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-12-04 - New AFIS in Ireland
Two Irish law enforcement agencies, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service and Ireland’s National Police Service (An Garda Siochana), have signed an €18 million deal to support th [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-12-01 - US: Gemalto to Provide Secure Access Solution
Amsterdam, Netherlands and Arlington, VA, - Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, today announces that the highest ranking agency within the U.S. Executive Branch of Government has chosen Gemal [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-12-01 - Bundesdruckerei to supply Lithuania´s new ePassport System
On behalf of the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania, BIS Bundesdruckerei International Services GmbH has developed an e-sticker for biometric passports. Bundesdruckerei GmbH is to supply the corres [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-11-29 - Malta is in the first wave of Biometrics visa
The British High Commission issued its first biometric visa to a non-EU citizen wishing to travel to the United Kingdom on Wednesday.The British High Commission is the first foreign representative off [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-11-28 - 3M Wins Contract from Austrian Ministry of the Interior to Supply ePassport Verification System
3M ePassport Verification Systems have been chosen and installed at passport issuance locations throughout Austria. The 3M ePassport Verification System gives Austrian passport holders a means to pers [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-11-27 - European Expert Network questions Machine Readable Travel Documents
The EU-funded FIDIS (Future of Identity in the Information Society) Network of Excellence (NoE) has issued a stark warning that implementation of the current generation of biometric travel ID will dra [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-11-24 - UK: le nouveau passeport piraté ?
Selon le tabloïd anglais The Guardian,  le journal a réussi à pirater le nouveau passeport britannique ultra sécurisé en seulement 48 heures. Déjà t [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-11-23 - Easydentic: rachète la société Eden pour 2,1 mlsE
(Cercle Finance) - Easydentic, groupe spécialisé dans la commercialisation, l'installation et l'entretien de systèmes d'identification biométriques, a annoncé lundi [...more]
Other Industries or Services
2006-11-23 - Carte bancaire biométrique
La filiale Singapourienne de la Citibank lance une carte bancaire biométrique qui doit permettre aux clients d'utiliser leurs empreintes digitales plutôt que leur bout de plastique. Pour [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-11-22 - Que seront les technologies de l’information dans 20 ans ?
La société d’études et de conseil Markess International, spécialisée dans l’analyse de la modernisation et de la transformation des organisations avec le [...more]
Non-public Biometrics User
2006-11-20 - SAS to install Precise Biometrics’ biometric system at all Swedish airports
Precise Biometrics AB (publ.), which develops and sells world-leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints and smart cards, has received a very positive recommendation [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-11-17 - La sécurité du passeport biométrique de nouveau dénoncée
Vulnérables à de multiples attaques, les documents d'identité à puces RFID sont à nouveau pointés du doigt. Les experts du FIDIS encouragent l'Union Europ&eac [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-11-16 - Venezuela : utilisation de détecteur d'empreinte digitale pour les présidentielles
CARACAS, 16 novembre (XINHUA) -- Le Conseil électoral national  du Venezuela (CNE) a indiqué jeudi qu'il a approuvé l'utilisation  de machines d'identification d'emprein [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-11-15 - State of play of biometric passports by member states
Following the US requirement that EU passports must be biometric enabled by 26 October, the EU Council has published a document which provides a record of member's states who have reached this require [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-11-14 - Blair Says Identity Cards Will Help Fight Terrorism
U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, seeking to promote the nation's 5.4 billion ($10 billion) pound program to introduce identity cards, said new biometric data collected for the cards will help fight ter [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-11-10 - L'Algérie intéressée par la biométrie
Pour sécuriser les ports d'Algérie, le gouvernement étudie un grand projetqui permettra s'il était adopté, d'investir dans des technologies de pointeà mê [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-11-10 - La France délivre ses premiers visas biométriques au Maroc
Trois des principaux consulats généraux de France au Maroc commenceront le 14 novembre à délivrer des visas biométriques. Cette mesure entrera en vigueur dans les co [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-11-10 - Integrator to Deliver Biometric Badge for Airport Freight Drivers
Systems integration firm Unisys announced today that it has designed a biometric badge for airport freight drivers. The badge was specified as part of the Airport Access Control Pilot Program' (AACP) [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-11-09 - Sagem Défense Sécurité fournit le système d’enregistrement biométrique des demandes de visas du Danemark
Le 6 octobre dernier, à l’issue d’un appel d’offres international, le Ministère de l’intégration du Danemark et Sagem Défense Sécurité [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-11-08 - British polls on Biometrics
Although opposition to biometrics - the authentication of the individual based on factors such as iris or fingerprint recognition - remains strong, support appears to be growing as long as there is a [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-11-07 - Belgique: Près de la moitié des belges ont aujourd'hui une carte d'identité électronique
Alors que le projet français de carte d'identité électronique semble au point mort, la Belgique s'est engagée dès 2003 dans cette voie. Déjà quatre mil [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-11-06 - Blair Says Identity Cards Will Help Fight Terrorism
U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, seeking to promote the nation's 5.4 billion ($10 billion) pound program to introduce identity cards, said new biometric data collected for the cards will help fight ter [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-11-06 - MFO - Multi national Force Implements Csystems Israel Biometrics
The MFO - Multi National Force sitting in Sinai has purchased a new Biometric system from 'Csystems Israel' (www.ex-sight.com). The system is able to show the position of every person inside MFO bases [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-11-04 - State of play of biometric passports by member states
Following the US requirement that EU passports must be biometric enabled by 26 October, the EU Council has published a document which provides a record of member's states who have reached this require [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-11-02 - Exploring traveller's biometric data sharing
Troy Potter, biometrics manager for the US Department of Homeland Security’s border control programme, has recently reported information concerning a global database to monitor travell [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-11-01 - Biometrische Gesichtserkennung; Mehr Sicherheit durch das digitale Abtasten
Am Mainzer Hauptbahnhof halten Überwachungskameras seit Anfang Oktober Ausschau nach Gesichtern von Probanden. Auf der Suche nach leistungsstarken Fahndungssystemen erprobt das Bundeskriminalamt [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-28 - US, EU sketch plans for global immigration database
Exclusive The US is to corral "like-minded" nations behind a global immigration database after proving with a trial link to British computers that such an ambitious, global plan is technical [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-10-28 - Schulkinder in Italien und Schottland testen Biometrie
In Rom bekommen Kinder ihr Schulpausenbrot per Fingerabdruck, in Schottland ist die Venenerkennung Alltag für die Kids. Während die Biometrie an Flughäfen noch umstritten ist, die Finge [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-26 - Irish passports go RFID
The Irish government has begun issuing RFID passports with biometric data that can be read at a distance to comply with US regulations for its visa waiver programme. But unlike the RFID passports the [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-10-25 - Beer fingerprints to go UK-wide ?
The government is is funding the roll out of fingerprint security at the doors of pubs and clubs in major English cities. Funding is being offered to councils that want to have their pubs keep a regio [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-10-25 - Scotland: Biometric nightclubs
Back in May I'd made mention of nightclubs in Yeovil, Somerset that required their patrons to submit to biometric cataloging. The premise being that if a patron causes trouble in a single establishmen [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-24 - Identification positive: L’Allemagne teste à la gare de Mayence
Les techniques biométriques permettent-elles d'identifier à coup sûr, au milieu d'une foule, un terroriste ou un criminel présumé ? Deux cents cobayes volontaires von [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-24 - Schäuble legt Konzept zu umfassender Biometrie-Überwachung vor
Bundesinnenminister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) hat ein so genanntes "Programm zur Stärkung der Inneren Sicherheit" erarbeitet. Das Hightech-Überwachungskonzept, das dem 'Tagesspi [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-10-24 - Opinion: Biometrics gain British citizens approval
…3 in 4 people now say they would welcome its use…  The UK public is now overwhelmingly in favour of wider biometrics use. Seventy-six per cent are more in favour of biometrics [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-23 - UK Home Office advisor urges biometrics testing
A senior Home Office advisor has warned that biometrics has a massive usability hurdle to overcome before systems can be rolled out. The biometrics industry is currently being driven by government pro [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-23 - German Railway Tests Biometric Technology
Terrorists attempting to smuggle bombs into trains could be stopped in their tracks by intelligent surveillance technology being tested by German railway company Deutsche Bahn. "We're a couple of [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-10-23 - Schweizer Privatbank setzt konsequent auf Biometrie
Byometric systems liefert die Technologie für das nach Firmenangaben bisher weltweit umfangreichste, von der Privatwirtschaft in Auftrag gegebene Iriserkennungssystem. Rund 70 Spezialkameras zur [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-21 - Estonia Adopts Next-Gen Immigration Solution (Gemalto)
As a means of facilitating increased international travel, automating identity verification, speeding immigration inspections, and improving border protection and security, many countries are adopting [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-20 - Regierung: Ex-Minister Schily war direkt an Auftragsvergabe an
Die Bundesregierung hat eingestanden, dass der frühere Bundesinnenminister Otto Schily (SPD) direkt an der Auftragsvergabe an Biometrie-Firmen beteiligt war, in deren Aufsichtsrat er heute sitzt. [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-19 - E-passport launched in Ireland
Ireland has launched its e-passport, just days ahead of a US deadline to bring in biometric passports or risk being booted from the visa waiver scheme. The new, high-tech document includes a secure, c [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-10-18 - 2,5 millions de passeports biométriques au Royaume-Uni
Le service Passeport et Identité ( IPS ) a désormais tourné toute la production vers ce nouveau passeport qui inclut la biométrie, ce processus ayant donc début&eacu [...more]
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2006-10-13 - US demands more air passenger data
US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff believes that the present scheme for transferring European airline-passenger data to US authorities is insufficient to fight terrorism. Chertoff [...more]
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2006-10-13 - Les passeports biométriques introduits en République tchèque
Le ministère tchèque de l'Intérieur a annoncé, début septembre, à Prague, avoir lancé système de délivrance de passeports sécuris& [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-10-11 - UK Air passengers would welcome biometrics
Survey suggests positive response to new security measures if they can speed up check-in The majority of UK airline passengers would welcome the use of biometric security if it could speed up che [...more]
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2006-10-10 - British ID card scheme to cost billions
The U.K.'s identity card project will cost 5.4 billion pounds ($10.2 billion) to set up and run over the next 10 years, according to the British government. Home Office minister Liam Byrne announced t [...more]
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2006-10-10 - France: Difficultés pour la carte électronique
Selon Christian Cabal, député UMP (Loire), le projet de loi sur la carte d'identité électronique Ines ne pourra pas être déposé par le gouvernement [...more]
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2006-10-09 - Gernany may test biometrics ID cards with foreigners
An electronic “foreigners’ card”, similar to the planned eID card for German citizens, may soon replace residence permits in Germany.“Through the electronic foreigners’ c [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-10-09 - Are E-Passports More Secure?
The U.S. government has begun rolling out new high-tech passports with embedded chips containing personal data -- name, date of birth and a digital photo -- that can be read by a scanner using wireles [...more]
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2006-10-06 - U.E: les 25 doivent tous passer au passeport biométrique
Seuls sept des vingt-cinq Etats membres de l’Union européenne ont respecté la date butoir du 28 août 2006 à compter de laquelle ils devaient être en mesure de d& [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-10-06 - SAS rolls out biometric security
Research released today from Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) reveals that there is considerable support from air travellers for the introduction of biometric security measures. SAS regularly canvasses mor [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-10-05 - Winner of European Biometrics Research Award
The European Biometrics Forum is delighted to announce that the first EBF European Biometrics Research Award, which recognizes the significant contributions made in the field of biometrics research in [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-10-02 - Canada: Biometrics in favour, poll shows
Most Canadians do not understand what biometrics are, but think the government should use them to prevent prospective immigrants from using bogus identity documents to enter the country, according to [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-10-02 - US and EU near deal on air passenger data
This article written by Andrew Bounds and Doug Cameron was published in the Financial Times on 25 September, 2006. The US and European Union are close to a deal for sharing airline passenger informati [...more]
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2006-10-02 - Denmark Rolls Out Electronic Passports Based on Gemalto Technology
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces that the Danish National Police has started issuing electronic passports that integrate its most advanced Setec [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-10-02 - Analyst Sees Boom In Identity And Biometric Projects
This article appeared in Card Technology on 21 September. The European Union is set to announce the winner of a major biometric project this fall and the next 12 months “will herald a great boom [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-10-02 - Major European Biometrics Research Seminar in Brussels
Key new policies on future research in biometrics relating to the large scale implementation of passports, visas and ID card programmes to provide for a safer and more secure Europe will be discussed [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-10-02 - Scandinavian Airlines introduces Biometric Check-In
This piece appeared in etravelblackboard.com on 22 September 2006. Scandinavian Airlines has become one of  the world’s first airlines to introduce biometric security check-ins. It is now u [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-10-02 - e-boarding scheme cuts need to clear immigration
This piece by Daniel Bardsley appeared in gulfnews.com on 24 September 2006. Travelling between the UAE and the United Kingdom could soon become much easier if a trial scheme that lets people bypass i [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-10-01 - Sagem: Biometric gates for Cairo air passengers
21st century city: The state-of-the-art airport systems will speed up visitors' entry into the capital. Biometric immigration gates are to be introduced for the first time in Egypt as part of the US$4 [...more]
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2006-09-28 - US: Biometrics.gov launched in Washington
Biometrics.gov was launched this week by the U.S. National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Subcommittee on Biometrics at the Biometric Consortium Conference 2006.The website, provides fed [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-09-27 - Key policymakers from EC to address Research Seminar
Leading policymakers from the European Commission are to address the 2nd Research Seminar.The high-level Seminar, organised by the EBF in conjunction with the EC’s Joint Research Centre, is taki [...more]
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2006-09-26 - UK National Identity Register on its way
Debate surrounding the controversial ‘National Identity Scheme’ continues in the UK. The Identity Cards Act 2006, adopted on 30 March 2006, created the legal framework for the scheme, whic [...more]
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2006-09-26 - UE: Biométrie et surveillance accrue du Net, deux leviers dans la lutte antiterroriste
Plusieurs Etats influents de l’UE veulent recourir à des contrôles d’identification biométriques et scruter les échanges de données en ligne. Au nom [...more]
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2006-09-25 - Cost cutting possibilities on UK id cards
The costs of the identity cards scheme could be cut "quite substantially" by making more use of existing government databases, the Home Office Minister Liam Byrne sail in a Labour conference [...more]
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2006-09-25 - EURODAC: third annual report
Part of the European Union's Common European Asylum System, EURODAC is an EU-wide fingerprint database for the comparison of the fingerprints of asylum seekers and illegal entrants, to help determine [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-09-25 - Trial for an easy check in between UAE, UK and Hong Kong airports
Dubai: Travelling between the UAE and the United Kingdom could soon become much easier if a trial scheme that lets people bypass immigration officers proves successful. Officials are going to test out [...more]
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2006-09-22 - European ministers propose helping Spain cope with migrants
European ministers agreed to Spanish and Italian requests that they share some of the burden of illegal immigrants arriving on their shores, even as Spain came under criticism for regularizing many il [...more]
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2006-09-22 - Australia implement biometrics for immigration
Australian biometric ID system will be provided by Unisys unit A team led by Unisys Corp.'s Australian subsidiary has been selected to provide the Australian government with a biometric identific [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-09-22 - Goverment praised for federated identity management
This article written by Antony Savvis appeared in ComputerWeekly.com on 14 September 2006. The UK government has won an award from the Liberty Alliance for its efforts in developing and rolling out fe [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-09-22 - Scandinavian airline first to use fingerprint scans
Fingerprint scans have been put in place by the Scandinavian airline SAS this week in the world's first biometric security checks for holidaymakers. Holidaymakers flying from Lulea in Sweden will have [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-09-22 - Romanian Biometric Passports starting in 2007
This article was written by Oana Dan  in the Bucharest Daily News on 19 September. Biometric passports, which will be introduced at the beginning of next year, are to take 20 days to be issued, b [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-09-21 - Gemalto develops the first smart card-based e-government solution ever in the Middle East.
Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, today announces that the Sultanate of Oman has selected its technology to implement the second phase of the country's national ID program. The contract app [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-09-21 - Analyst Sees Boom In Identity And Biometric Projects
The European Union is set to announce the winner of a major biometric project this fall and the next 12 months “will herald a great boom in U.S. biometric and identity projects," predicts a [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-09-18 - Biometrics 2006 World Conference and Exhibition on the Practical Application of Biometrics
18 and 20 October 2006, London - Biometrics 2006 – the ninth in a series of annual conferences and exhibitions on the topical subject of biometrics and its use in government and commercial [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-09-14 - UK: ID card scheme changes tack
The government is taking the first steps to creating the national identity card project from existing systems, confirming a shift away from earlier plans to build the scheme from scratch.Under the new [...more]
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2006-09-14 - Delay in Schengen extension to threaten investments in Biometrics
The EC decision to postpone the enlargement of the Schengen area by the EU newcomers, including the Czech Republic, will threaten the Czech investments worth hundreds of millions of crowns spent in co [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-09-13 - BioLink reaches out for biometric T&A customers
BioLink Solutions announces the upcoming advertising campaign targeted at potential customers for its biometric time management system – BioTime. The campaign starts in September 1, 2006 and is [...more]
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2006-09-12 - Passengers data: European Parliament wants joint decision-making rights
While the 30 September deadline imposed by the European Court of Justice for the EU to end passenger data transfers to the US rapidly approaching, the European Parliament has adopted a report calling [...more]
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2006-09-12 - September Articles on Biometrics / Collection of Wikipedia articles.
Henry Boitel (boitel@mindspring.com), animator of the “Biometric Bits” web site and of the Biometric Discussion List (BDL) provides here a summary of 20 articles recently published or repu [...more]
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2006-09-11 - Cetis provides new biometrics passports in Slovenia
Slovenia started issuing its new biometric passports, featuring a biometric facial scan, at the end of August. This is in accordance with EU Regulations requiring all Member States to include facial s [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-09-09 - Danish Biometrics to develop biometric recognition solution for secure log-on procedures for doctors and nurses at Copenhagen Hospital Corporation
Danish Biometrics- www.danishbiometrics.org - enters into an agreement with Copenhagen Hospital Corporation about testing, research and development on biometric recognition. The objective of [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-09-07 - Industry consolidation: L-1 Identity solution (a new name)
The new name for Identix and Viisage, which have recently merged is "L-1 Identity Solutions". Company newsletter reports: "Though the companies’ capabilities are un [...more]
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2006-09-05 - Pilot project for biometric passports in Switzerland
Siemens develops capture and verification solution for biometric passports in Switzerland.  Bern, Vienna, 5 September 2006. Since 4 September 2006, the Swiss can apply for biometric passports. Th [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-09-05 - Studie: Akzeptanz biometrischer Verfahren in Europa steigt deutlich
Komfort und Sicherheit sind den Verbrauchern wichtiger als Datenschutzbedenken. Eine große Mehrheit der Europäer steht der Einführung von biometrischen Verfahren positiv gegenüber [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-09-05 - Rome: Kids buy lunches with scans of fingers
ROME, Ga. - The march of technology now means school children here can pay for their cafeteria sloppy joes with their fingers. Rome City Schools is switching to a scanning system that lets students us [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-09-05 - Siemens opens Biometrics Center in Graz
Graz/Vienna, 05 September 2006. The Siemens Biometrics Center in Graz will be officially opened today. Apart from conducting basic research, the Center of Competence founded last year also develops bi [...more]
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2006-08-31 - The New Electronic Biometric Portuguese Passport
On the 28th August 2006, Portugal joined Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Germany,UK and few other countries and started issuing new electronic biometricpassports fully compliant with the standard recommended [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-08-31 - Ph.D. student in biometrics sought in Switzerland
The EPFL Speech Processing and Biometrics Group (GTPB) is currently looking for a Ph.D. student in biometrics. The position starts in September 2006 and is based in Lausanne in Switzerland. The starti [...more]
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2006-08-28 - Introduction du passeport biométrique au Luxembourg le 28 août 2006
Le 22 août 2006, le ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à l’Immigration, Nicolas Schmit, et le ministre de la Fonction publique et de la R [...more]
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2006-08-25 - Debate on Biometrics on National ID Cards
According to a EU document presented by Statewatch in July 2006, The Visa Working Party on 13-14 June 2006 proposed another approach on the issue of the biometrics to be introduced on national ID card [...more]
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2006-08-25 - Le Luxembourg introduit le passeport biométrique
Le nouveau passeport est doté d'une puce électronique où la photo et les données du détenteur sont stockées. En 2009, les empreintes digitales y figureront &e [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-08-25 - Slovenian ePassport & ID Development
ID Development announced today that it will provide data capturing software technology for electronic passports for Slovenia. ID Development AG will supply their photograph enhancement tool Pic2Pass t [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-08-25 - Dutch new biometric passport will be introduced soon
A new Dutch passport with a chip containing biometric data of the holder will be introduced on August 26. Starting on that date, all new passports must have personal data chips that contain facial fea [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-08-24 - Industry Privacy Code Approved for Australia
An industry privacy code for biometrics compiled by the Biometrics Institute of Australia has has been approved by the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis.  The non-binding code [...more]
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2006-08-23 - Are you voting for IST 2006 ?
Commission submit the 21-23 November Helsinki IST meeting session to vote. Six networking sessions are in the area of security, dependability and trust: (1) Security, Dependability and Trust in pervas [...more]
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2006-08-22 - US e-passports to be launched amid security, privacy concerns
The first wave of e-passports will be issued in the U.S. in the coming weeks despite lingering privacy and security concerns. A German security expert has demonstrated how e-passports – equipped [...more]
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2006-08-21 - Asylum Seekers Helped by Biometrics (South Africa)
BIO-key International, Inc. and Biometric Technologies South Africa have successfully deployed a fingerprint identification system as part of South Africa's Department of Home Affairs Refugee Program. [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-08-21 - Non-binding biometrics code green light
This article by Karen Dearner appeared in The Australian IT in 1 August 2006.The Biometrics Institute's privacy code has been approved after a marathon consultation process. The institute has persever [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-08-21 - Big Time Security - Homeland Security Industry in US Growing Rapidly
This article by Elena Herrero-Beaumont and Rachel Monahanwas was in Forbes.com in August 2006. One of the nation's fastest-growing industry groups is homeland security--a sector that has grown to more [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-08-21 - NIST releases open-source kit for biometrics
This piece written by Wade-Hahn Chan was published in FCW.com on 1 August, 2006. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new open-source middleware package that can be [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-08-21 - HKIA, Heathrow join in passenger-flow trial
This is an article that appeared in People's Daily Online on 1 August, 2006.Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and London's Heathrow Airport will launch a trial project using biometrics technology [...more]
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2006-08-17 - E.U. ministers vow greater cooperation to fight terror
Short time after bombing attempts where reported to be discovered in London-Heathrow, European ministers pledged on August 16 to increase their cooperation against terrorism, saying they may [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-08-10 - Former German interior minister joins SAFE ID
Otto Schily, a member of the German Bundestag and former minister of the interior, has joined the supervisory board of German security company SAFE ID Solutions. “We are extremely pleased to hav [...more]
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2006-08-10 - Mise en place du passeport biométrique pour les citoyens tchèques
Tout comme tous les citoyens des autres Etats membres de l'Union européenne, les Tchèques aussi vont devoir se munir d'un passeport biométrique pour voyager à l'étra [...more]
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2006-08-09 - UK Home Office gets mixed report
Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee has published its report on the Government’s treatment of scientific advice, risk and evidence associated with ID card technologies. The report fou [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-08-09 - Gemalto gagne le passeport biométrique américain
Premier grand contrat pour le nouveau champion mondial de la sécurité. Cela valait la peine d'attendre. Avec un an de retard sur son calendrier initial, le gouvernement améri [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-08-07 - La Biométrie contre la pédophilie
Des chercheurs européens viennent de mettre au point un logiciel biométrique capable de repérer rapidement, parmi des milliers de photos pornographiques, celles où des enfa [...more]
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2006-08-06 - Contrôles plus sévères entre Etats Unis et Canada: Biométrie
Le département de la Sécurité intérieure des États-Unis propose de photographier et de prendre les empreintes digitales de tous les Canadiens qui travaillent, qui ét [...more]
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2006-08-04 - US ePassport ready to roll
Department of State has confirmed to SDW that it will start rolling out ePassports from the Denver Passport Agency in the week of 14 August 2006. A spokesperson for the department told SDW:  &ldq [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-08-04 - Biometric passport cracked and cloned
News that attendees at a US hacking conference have seen a demonstration of how to clone a digital passport has raised fresh concerns about the security of proposed new forms of ID and travel document [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-08-03 - UK, Hong Kong, Dubai: International registered traveller trial launched
International registered traveller trial has been set up using biometrics to fast track pre-enrolled passengers through airports in the UK, Hong Kong and Dubai. Using a card – and possibly an eP [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-08-01 - UK: Temporal S. launches ePassport explorer SDK
Temporal S. has launched its ePassport Explorer Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK can be used to build applications which either integrate ePassport reading systems with other proprietary system [...more]
Non-public Biometrics User
2006-08-01 - HKIA, Heathrow join in passenger-flow trial
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and London's Heathrow Airport will launch a trial project using biometrics technology to evaluate a simplified and secure process flow for international traveler [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-07-31 - EU plant Abnahme der Fingerabdrücke von Kindern
Übersetzung einer Medienmitteilung von Statewatch zu den Plänen der EU, in Zukunft die Fingerabdrücke von Kindern (verpflichtend) abzunehmen. den EU-mitgliedsstaaten steht es frei, kind [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-07-31 - Siemens liefert biometrischen Algorithmus für spanische Ausweise
Der Siemens-Bereich Communications ist an der Entwicklung des elektronischen Personalausweises in Spanien beteiligt. In Zusammenarbeit mit der Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, die das Projekt leit [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-07-28 - UK: Millions of children to be fingerprinted
British children, possibly as young as six, will be subjected to compulsory fingerprinting under European Union rules being drawn up in secret. The prints will be stored on a database which could be s [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-07-28 - U.S: Lawmakers question if biometric passports will work
Two U.S. government agencies are moving ahead with plans to require biometric passports for travelers to and from the U.S., agency representatives said Wednesday, but some legislators questioned wheth [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-07-28 - NL: ABN Amro adds biometric voice verification
ABN Amro is introducing voice verification for its telephone banking customers in The Netherlands. The bank says that 95% of all transactions are now conducted through the internet and telephone. Voic [...more]
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2006-07-27 - UK: Passport prices soar to 66£
The price of a 10-year British passport will go up from £51 to £66 on October 5. Following a £9 rise last December the new increase constitutes a rise of 57 per cent in less than a y [...more]
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2006-07-25 - Informationssystem Schengen II verzögert sich
Das Schengener Informationssystem II (SIS II) verzögert sich. Dies wurde am Rande des EU-Minister-Treffens für Justiz und Inneres in Brüssel bekannt. Das umfangreiche Datenbanksystem SI [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-07-24 - 2nd EBF Research Seminar in October 2006
The EBF is delighted to announce the 2nd EBF Research Seminar on “Requirements for a Safer Europe: Implications for European R&D in biometrics” in Brussels on 4 October 2006. The EC's [...more]
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2006-07-21 - New biometric passports are secure -Finland's interior ministry
Finland's Ministry of the Interior assured in a statement Thursday that there were no security problems with the new biometric passports to be introduced in August. "Finland's new passports meet [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-07-21 - Swedish Company Precise Biometrics announces latest developments
Precise Biometrics has named Thomas Marschell as its new president and CEO. He will join the company on 1 September 2006, and will work alongside the current president and CEO, Christer Bergman, until [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-07-20 - NIST Releases Multimodal Biometric Application Resource Kit
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this month released the Biometric Application Resource Kit (MBARK). MBARK is, according to a NIST release: "A set of modern software libr [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-07-17 - European country orders Match-on-Card technology
Precise Biometrics has won an order to license its Precise Match-on-Card technology, which will be integrated in the passports of an unspecified European country. The order was received via its partne [...more]
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2006-07-10 - UK ID controversy
Leaked documents published in the UK’s Sunday Times newspaper have raised more questions about the possible introduction of a national ID card in the country.According to the Sunday Times, &ldqu [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-07-10 - Slovenian e-Passport contract awarded to Gemalto
Gemalto has won a ten year deal to provide technology for the electronic passports being provided for Slovenian citizens. Under the contract, Gemalto will supply secure polycarbonate devices embedding [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-07-10 - Sagem Défense Sécurité inks Spanish biometric deal
Spain’s national printing office has contracted Sagem Défense Sécurité to provide its Sagem Match-on-Card biometric software licences for use in its new national electronic [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-07-05 - Scandanavian Airlines uses biometrics from Precise Biometrics
This is a Press Release written by Precise Biometrics on 27 June.Precise Biometrics AB (publ.) has been selected as the overall supplier to Scandinavian Airlines as it becomes the first airline to int [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-07-05 - EU announces fingerprint specifications for passports
This is an article that appeared in Privacy International on 30 June. Despite there being no reason for their introduction, the EU has released specifications for the inclusion of fingerprints in all [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-07-05 - New biometric passports in Poland
Facial images and digital fingerprints are set to be used in new biometric passport. The new passports will be issued as of August of this year and will be in line with EU regulations. Polish authorit [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-07-05 - New biometric passports in Poland
Facial images and digital fingerprints are set to be used in new biometric passport. The new passports will be issued as of August of this year and will be in line with EU regulations. Polish authorit [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-07-05 - Commission adopts initiatives on Passenger data
The European Commission has recently adopted initiatives to put a legal framework in place for the transfer of PNR (Passenger Name Record) data to the United States.These initiatives are the first Eur [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-07-04 - Australia invests in Biometrics border control security
The Australian government's Department of Immigration & Multiculural Affairs has entered a partnership with Unisys Corp. (UIS) as part of a $50 million program aimed at strengthening border secrit [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-07-03 - EC adopts requirement for fingerprints in travel documents
The European Commission has adopted the second part of the technical specifications required for the introduction of biometric identifiers (fingerprints) into passports and other travel documents. &nb [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-06-30 - Visa waiver debate reignited
European countries moving towards biometric passports, it was assumed they were finally on target to meet the goals for ePassports set by the US for visa waiver countries. It had been commonly assumed [...more]
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2006-06-29 - EU: 36-month countdown for fingerprints in passports
A three-year countdown has begun for including fingerprint data in EU Member State passports. The clock started ticking yesterday, once the European Commission adopted the second instalment of technic [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-06-29 - 2nd Symposium and workshop on ICAO Standard MRTD, Biometrics and Security. 6-8 September 2006 ICAO, Montréal,Canada.
Two days of Symposium with Exhibition will be followed by a one-day workshop on technical issues of upgrading to ePassports and on the ICAO Public Key Directory for ePassport authentication.www.icao.i [...more]
Non-public Biometrics User
2006-06-27 - SAS uses biometrics from Precise Biometrics for easier and smoother baggage
Precise Biometrics AB (publ.) has been selected as the overall supplier to Scandinavian Airlines as it becomes the first airline to introduce biometric security checks on domestic flights in Sweden. T [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-06-24 - Identity Management Consultants launch IDMC Biometrics Academy
Identity Management Consultants launch IDMC Biometrics Academy “Even though Biometrics technology and their applications are gaining momentum, quality, bespoke education and training is sca [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-06-20 - Austria launches electronic passport
Austria has become the latest country to launch a new electronic passport conforming to ICAO and EU guidelines. An official ceremony announced the launch on 16 June. From this date onwards Austrian ci [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-06-18 - JCB to Run RFID Payment Trial in Amsterdam
June 15, 2005-In March, international credit card organization JCB said it was planning to introduce RFID-enabled credit cards (see JCB Developing RFID Payment System). The company now says it will al [...more]
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2006-06-14 - US: After successful Winter Fox FIPS 201 test, DHS plans more exercises
This article was written by Marisa Torrieri for SecureIDNews on 5 June 2006.The Office of the National Capital Region and the Department of Homeland Security (US) will host at least three additional i [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-06-14 - Australian minister Brough wants electronic check-in system at childcare centres
This is an interview broadcast for The World Today (ABC, Australia) on 2 June 2006. Eleanor Hall: Busy parents will soon have another thing to remember as they drop off children at childcare centres a [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-06-14 - Canada tests biometrics in immigration field trial
This article appeared in securitydocumentworld.com on 5 June 2006.Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has contracted with Unisys Canada to develop a system to test the operational impact of using [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-06-07 - Latest E-Passport Test Shows Promise
Initial results from an interoperability test of electronic passports that wrapped up today in Berlin show vendors continue to make progress in their e-passports and readers, according to one attendee [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-06-05 - UK tightens false identity document legislation
From 7 June new laws in the UK will make it easier for police and immigration authorities to take action against the possession and use of false identity documents.  The new offences, which appea [...more]
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2006-06-03 - UK: Police offered robot eye
A firm that produces surveillance software used by numerous British police forces is looking for one of them to test its latest wheez, a programme that automatically scans CCTV footage for suspicious [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-06-02 - ID theft worry adds up to opportunity for banks
Banks can enhance their reputation for security by acting as custodians for personal identity credentials designed to make identity theft difficult.This idea was advanced by Graham Alston, a partner i [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-06-01 - EU launches network security campaign
Europe remains woefully unaware of the security risks to computer networks, the European Commission said Wednesday as it unveiled a new awareness campaign called IT Security for Europe.Companies, indi [...more]
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2006-05-31 - European commission proposes Common (biometrics) Application Centres (CAC)
Responding to the invitation from The Hague Programme to present  "a proposal on the establishment of common application centres focusing inter alia on possible synergies linked with the dev [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-31 - France picks suppliers for Vitale 2 health cards
GIE Sesam Vitale – the organisation created by French health insurance partners to develop solutions for their members – has selected three French smart card manufacturers to produce its n [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-05-30 - EU Court of Justice declares Air passenger data exchange between EU and USA illegal !
A controversial deal between Brussels and Washington to hand over full passenger details on flights between EU countries and the US was thrown out by European Court judges on 30 May 2006. The informat [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-30 - Commissioner says biometrics needed in EU border countries
During a speech to a ministerial conference on internal security earlier this month, EU Commissioner for Justice, Franco Frattini has spoken of the need for countries who share boarders with the EU to [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-05-29 - Austria presents “fraud resistant” passports
The Austrian government has recently presented its new electronic passport which will be available to Austrian citizens as from this summer. No date has been fixed yet, but issuing of the new document [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-29 - 2nd Biometrics e-Symposium
The 2nd Biometrics e-Symposium, www.biometrics.e-symposium.com will take place on Wednesday, 31 May, 2006. Speakers at the event include Dr Frank Paul, European Commission; Dr Ann Cavoukian, Informati [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-29 - Misplaced fears impede biometric adoption
This commentary article was written by Vance Bjorn for Kiosk Market Place, an online business and news site on 22 May 2006. There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the use of biometric fin [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-29 - Biometric IDs to be Widely Availabe in 3 Years
This article was in the Kommersant, an online Russian news site on 23 May 2006www.kommersant.com/page.asp?idr=530&id=675512The Russian deputy IT and Communications Minister presented the first Rus [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-29 - European consumers plug into biometrics
This is an article written by by Robert Jaques for vnunet.com on 22 May 2006.The majority of European consumers have a positive outlook on biometric security and expect a range of benefits from electr [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-29 - Biometrics may encourage Europeans to switch banks, research suggests
This article was in the Banking Business Review on 23 May 2006. LogicaCMG has revealed that the outcome of a study it commissioned suggests the introduction of biometrics could lead to greater consume [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-05-25 - UK: Liberal Democrats urge citizens to renew their passports
The Liberal Democrats in the UK are joining a wider campaign, spearheaded by the anti-ID card group NO2ID, urging UK citizens to renew their passports as soon as possible in order to avoid being enter [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-23 - Australia considers biometric identification for visas
This is an article posted on the Australia Visa Bureau website on 16 May 2006 Link to:http://www.visabureau.com/australia/news/16-05-2006/australia-considers-biometric-identification-for%20visas. [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-23 - Joining USA, Japan to fingerprint and photograph foreign visitors
This is an article that appeared in US Today on 18 May 2006 Link to: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2006-05-17-japan-fingerprint_x.htm?csp=34 Japan's parliament narrowly approved Wednes [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-23 - U.S. firms protest deal on ID cards
This is an article by Eric Lipton from the New York Times that appeared in the International Herald Tribune on 2 May 2006 Link to:http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/01/business/Ports.php Ex [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-23 - Biometrics wins favour from the lazy
This is an article by By Michael Crawford, Computerworld Today Australia that appeared in TechWorld on 4 May 2006 Link to:http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=5928&pagtype= [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-23 - Serbia: New electronic ID to contain crime
This is an article by Unitied Press International from 16 May 2006 Source:http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060517-023959-6398r Serbia: New electronic ID to contain crimeSerbia [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-23 - Registered Traveler Program Goes Nationwide
This is an article by By By Sara Pralle, Contributing Editor, Avisian Publications that appeared in SecureIDNews on 8 May 2006 Source:http://www.secureidnews.com/library/2006/05/08/registered-tra [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-22 - Biometric ID cards Feasible For Employers, Citizens, Says Digital Defense Group
This is an article from TMCnet on 17 May 2006 Link to www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/17/1654593.htmOMAHA, Neb. --(Business Wire)-- May 17, 2006 -- Digital Defense(TM) Group today endorsed Preside [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-22 - Toddlers used in trial of identity biometrics
This is an article by Tony Collins from Computer Weekly on 16 May 2006 Link to:www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/05/16/215954/Toddlers+used+in+trial+of+identity+biometrics.htm A Home Offi [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-18 - Leading biometric experts to judge EBF European Biometric Research Award
Internationally renowned experts in biometrics have been brought together to judge the EBF European Biometric Research Award 2006, a prestigious award which will be made annually to an individual who [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-05-17 - La CCDJP veut une surveillance biométrique dans les stades
BÂLE - Après les débordements des supporters à Bâle, les directeurs cantonaux de justice et police veulent une surveillance biométrique dans les stades. Mais le [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-05-16 - Introduction des passeports électroniques en Roumanie
Les citoyens roumains auront des passeports électroniques dès 2007. Les documents, comprenant des donnés biométriques, circuleront à partir du 1er janvier 2007  [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-05-16 - Ireland: Substantial profit made on passports
The Department of Foreign Affairs makes a substantial profit each year from issuing passports, the Dáil's Public Accounts Committee has been told.Fianna Fáil's Deputy Seán Fleming said there were grou [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-15 - Sagem Défense Sécurité lance une nouvelle famille de lecteurs de contrôle d’accès biométriques
A l’occasion du Salon IFSEC 2006 de Birmingham (8-11 mai 2006), Sagem Défense Sécurité (Groupe SAFRAN) a présenté MorphoAccess™ Série 100, une nou [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-05-11 - France: Conseil d'Etat confirms refusal to award biometrics passports to private.
Le contrat des passeports biométriques refusé à une société privée! Afin de doter les Français de passeports biométriques, le ministre de l'Int& [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-05-09 - Greece set for ePassports
Greece is the latest in a line of European countries to make ePassports a reality. Japanese company Toppan, the current provider of passport personalisation solutions to the Greek authorities, has sel [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-08 - Dutch Firm Collis launches ePassport testing tools
Dutch firm Collis has introduced a set of ePassport testing tools to determine whether or not a given passport meets ICAO standards. One of the tools on offer can test a passport chip’s function [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-08 - Cross Match Technologies invites interested parties to the L SCAN Guardian™ launch, a ten-print livescan hardware and software system that sets a new standard for speed, weight, mobility and functionality.
Join Cross Match for the L SCAN Guardian™ Livescan Launch Meeting in Brussels, Belgium on May 18, 2006  L SCAN® Guardian™ Increases the Speed and Mobility of Fingerprint Collectio [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-05-05 - French epassports approved by US DHS
The US Department of Homeland Security has announced that new digital passports issued by France are compliant with US technical requirements for countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VW [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-04 - EBF Report from Salzburg Seminar on 'European Responses to Terrorism: Costs of Public Security'
A detailed report compiled by the EBF on the recent Salzburg Seminar is available in the EBF members section of the website: http://www.eubiometricforum.com.  The report examines the in-depth dis [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-05-02 - IFIP Launches New Working Group on Identity Management
A new working group on Identity Management will be launched at a special ‘Birds of a Feather’ Session on Identity Management on Tuesday 23 May during the annual international SEC conferenc [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-05-02 - Oce announces ePassport reader
Oce has begun production of an upgraded version of its Oce ID-Star 4054 passport reader. The new reader now incorporates RFID technology, provided by Integrated Engineering, which is needed to scan th [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-04-29 - La biométrie sur les lieux de travail
La CNIL reste défavorable à la création de bases de données d'empreintes digitales en l'absence d'un impératif de sécurité incontestable. La CNIL [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-04-28 - Finnish Police take delivery of new AFIS
Finnish police are to take delivery of a new-generation AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System), which will not only allow standard AFIS police services (i.e. identifying criminals with lat [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-04-28 - eJustice On-Chip Biometrics presented
The bi-modal smart card allowing match-on-card based on fingerprint and facial recognition (biometrics are matched on the card, withouth any transmission trough networks and without referring to [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-04-27 - Brussels: Opening of a new European Biometrics Centre of Excellence
State-of-the-art centre enables governments and businesses to discuss and experience real life examples of biometrics solutions in real-time. A new European Biometrics Centre of Excellence (CoE) [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-04-24 - Eastern Europe appeals against EU Visa price hike
An East European Lobby Group based in Serbia has called on EU citizens to speak out against the proprosed increase in price of the Schengen visa from 35 to 60 euros. A spokesperson for the Citizens' P [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-04-21 - UK: ID card spending doubles to £56m
The new Identity and Passport Service will spend £56m on setting up the ID cards project on 12 months.The IPS was created on 1 April, bringing together the Home Office ID cards programme and the [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-04-13 - Launch of EBF European Biometric Research Award
The European Biometrics Forum is delighted to announce the launch of its pan-European award, known as the EBF European Biometric Research Award. The award will be made annually to an individual who ha [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-03-31 - Potential EU members join forces with EC to prevent payment fraud
The European Commission held a two-day Seminar on the prevention of payment fraud with countries aiming to join the EU including Bulgaria and Romania. The event took place on 8-9 March 2006 in Br [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-03-31 - Finland ePassport roll out plans announced
Finland’s Ministry of the Interior has said that its citizens will be able to apply for new biometric passports from August this year.The booklet will be manufactured in the Netherlands and pers [...more]
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2006-03-31 - Singapore unveils its new Biopass passport
Singapore’s new biometric passport has been unveiled by Wong Kan Seng, deputy prime minister and the minister for Home Affairs at the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA). Called " [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-03-30 - Leaders in fingerprint technology join for the MIT Project
A major European project to test and improve the interoperability of fingerprint biometrics and undertaken by world leaders in fingerprint technology is being launched today. The project, known as MIT [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-03-29 - More prisons to take visitors' biometrics
The number of UK prisons biometrically scanning the fingerprints and faces of people visiting inmates is to increase.In a written statement to parliament on Monday, Fiona Mactaggart, an under-secretar [...more]
Biometrics R&D or Industry
2006-03-28 - Czech Republic passport contracts announced
The Czech government intends to deliver its first electronic passports to citizens by early April this year. The Czech national printing agency STC (Statni Tiskarna Cenin) has selected Swiss secure pr [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-03-27 - Portuguese government tests new eID card
The results of the first tests on the new Portuguese ID card (Cartão do Cidadão) were presented at an official ceremony, on 8 March 2006, attended by Prime Minister José Sócrates. [...more]
Civil Society & Education
2006-03-26 - Seminar to examine European Responses to Terrorism
A high level Seminar on 'European Responses to Terrorism: Cost of Public Security' (Session 430) is taking place in Salzburg in Austria this week from 21 March to 26 March, 20 [...more]
Public Authorities
2006-03-24 - EU scraps biometric chip in visa plan
A decision to scrap the use of contactless chips within European visas has been made public. The decision wa