Big News in Citizen ID, Retail Payments, and Airport Biometrics: This Week’s Top Stories
With business activity having ramped up for the beginning of autumn, this week brought some pretty big news for the biometrics industry. Naturally, a few of…
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Articles tagged with airport biometrics
CBP Brings Biometric ‘Simplified Arrival’ to San Francisco Airport
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has brought its Simplified Arrival scheme to San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The system uses facial…
NEC and SITA Work to Bring Mobile Screening Tech to International Airports
NEC has shed more light on its new partnership with SITA. The two companies first joined forces back in July, when they announced that they would be working…
ICI Cameras Enable NEC’s Biometric Temperature Screening at Hawaiian Airports
“By leveraging intelligent thermography to remove typical bottlenecks associated with screening, we ensure that airport operations are better equipped to…
DHS Report Blames Poor CBP Security Practices for 2019 Biometric Data Breach
According to a report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General, poor security practices on behalf of U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
Tascent Partners with IEG to Provide Biometric Access to Airport Lounges
Tascent has partnered with the Information Engineering Group (IEG) to enable contactless access control for travelers using airport lounges. The joint…
Vision-Box Biometric Screening Comes to Winnipeg International Airport
As a result of a new partnership with Portuguese technology company Vision-Box, the Winnipeg Airports Authority (WAA) and the Winnipeg International Airport…
TSA Announces Biometric Check-In Pilot Project
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced a new biometric security pilot project that will allow travelers to verify their identity using…
GAO Audit Finds Fault in CBP’s Use of Biometric Technology
A new audit from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published this week accuses Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of negligence in the providing of…
Spirit Airlines Brings Biometric Baggage Check to Domestic US Flights
Spirit Airlines is introducing a biometric baggage drop system for passengers on domestic flights in the US. Passengers that opt in to the automated system…