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5/03/08
EU’s entry/exit plan needs more thought
EU’s entry/exit plan needs more thought from a privacy perspective
5/03/08
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
3/03/08
Fake finger detection for fingerprint scanners
Dermalog has added fake finger detection to its fingerprint scanner
20/02/08
OTI wins European ePassport and border contract
On Track Innovations to supply its ePassport and border control system to an un-named European country.
5/02/08
Korean fingerprinting plan delayed to 2010
South Koreans are unlikely to be fingerprinted when applying for their ePassports
1/02/08
Cross Match acquires Labcal Technologies
Cross Match acquires the biometric authentication business of Labcal Technologies
31/01/08
Lessons learned in BIODEV II pilots
Motorola has revealed some of the lessons it has learnt whilst creating biometric solutions for border control in Austria, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and the UK
25/01/08
Sweden completes global biometric enrolment scheme
Sweden installs 200 biometric enrolment stations at home and in all Swedish foreign administrative authorities
25/01/08
UK timetable for fingerprint passport under review
The integration of fingerprints into the next generation of ePassports could be delayed in the UK
22/01/08
L-1 to supply passport printers to US DoS
US Department of State (DoS) order new passport printers from L-1
22/01/08
HJP and s-lab combine for test project
HJP Consulting and Software Quality Lab (s-lab) have confirmed they are working together to develop a reference architecture model for testing ePassport systems.
16/01/08
First Slovak ePassports issued
Slovakia’s National Security Office (NBU) in Bratislava has issued the first ePassports to the country’s Interior Minister Robert Kalinak and NBU director Frantisek Blanarik.
14/01/08
UK visa biometric checks ahead of schedule
UK’s worldwide programme to check the fingerprints of all visa applicants is now complete
9/01/08
Entrust Q4 revenue returns company to the black
Entrust has announced strong financial results for its fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended 31 December 2007
7/01/08
UK Home Office plays down ID card abandonment
The UK’s Home Office highlights to SDW why it will press ahead with the controversial ID card scheme
2/01/08
US passport card to be ‘‘vicinity read’’ RFID
Passport cards for Americans who travel to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean will be equipped with vicinity-read RFID technology
21/12/07
Schengen zone expands
‘Passport-free’ travel is becoming a reality for even more travellers in the EU after nine new countries joined the Schengen zone at midnight last night.
12/12/07
Bahamas ePassport moves up a gear
Bahamas ePassport partners include IRIS Corporation Berhad, Indusa Global, De La Rue, Dell and Microsoft.
11/12/07
Cross Match invests in AssureTec
Cross Match Technologies makes an equity investment in AssureTec Systems
6/12/07
India confirms ePassport plans
India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri E Ahamed, has confirmed the country’s ePassport plans in a written reply to a question in the upper house of parliament.
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