USA rules on land and sea travel documentation

DHS and DOS announce final rule for WHTI land and sea

DHS signs more Visa Waiver agreements

The USA has signed Visa Waiver Program Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Slovaka, Hungary and Lithuania

Burundi opts for Zetes

Zetes has won a contract to supply equipment and specialised services for the biometric and biographic enrolment and card production systems to identify Burundi’s 58,000 civil servants.

UK-France talks turn their attention to migration

UK-France talks call upon Member States to issue biometric visas by 2011

US police department employs biometric ID

Precise Biometrics wins employee ID card contract with one of the largest US police departments

New passports for Egyptian citizens

Egyptian citizens can now apply for an updated machine readable travel document following the government’s announcement that it has started rolling out the new national passport document.

Digimarc stock soars on deal news

Shares in Digimarc soared yesterday [24 March 08] following the firm’s announcement that it has entered a definitive agreement for L-1 Identity Systems to acquire its ID systems business in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately US$250 million.

Gemalto sees operating income grow 40%

Gemalto is the latest firm to announce its results for 2007, with revenue from its Security division growing 9%.

Oberthur sees strong 2007 growth

Oberthur Technologies achieves record level of operating cash flow in 2007 at 88.9 million euros, compared to 16.7 million euros in 2006.

SMARTRAC grows sales by 84%

SMARTRAC has announced promising results for the full 2007 financial year, including the final quarter.

BioLink adds biometrics to Bahamian passports

BioLink has announced its contribution to an ePassport project launched in the Bahamas

US and Germany to share terrorist fingerprint data

USA and Germany have signed a bilateral agreement to share access to biometric data from known and suspected terrorists

Kee Square wins venture capital funding

Quantica has invested 1.7 million euros in Kee Square, a spin off from Politecnico di Milano

L-1 Identity Solutions wins US Passport card deal

L-1 Identity Solutions to provide new US border crossing credential

TrustBearer says service supports FINEID

TrustBearer Labs has announced that its OpenID service now supports the Finnish National eID (FINEID) card.

Standards ‘essential’ says Silicon Trust

The smart card and secure technology industry is making significant progress in the eID world, but the ongoing work on developing standards is pivotal to success, says the Silicon Trust

UK government outlines national ID plan

The UK government has set out its revised plans for introducing national ID cards. Starting in December this year, the scheme will begin with the introduction of ID cards for non-EEA foreign nationals.

EU’s entry/exit plan needs more thought

EU’s entry/exit plan needs more thought from a privacy perspective

UK Visa system cuts identity check times

UK government’s new visa application system has cut the time to check the identity of applicants by two days

State of Hawaii opts for BioLink

The State of Hawaii’s Driver License Program is being upgraded. New documents will incorporate biometrics, including fingerprint technology from BioLink.