Eurostar is discontinuing its SmartCheck facial biometric system, which provided contactless fast-track check-in for Business Premier and Carte Blanche/Etoile holders. The system, developed in partnership with iProov and launched after […]

The European Commission has announced a phased strategy for the introduction of the new biometric Entry-Exit System (EES), after the system’s full rollout was postponed yet again in November. The […]

The Schengen zone’s planned biometric Entry-Exit System has officially been postponed to 2025, according to European officials. The European Union’s biometric border rules, specifically the EES and the European Travel […]

The Netherlands’ Ministry of Defence has issued a Request for Information (RfI) aimed at gathering insights into next-generation automated border control technologies, focusing particularly on electronic solutions that incorporate biometrics. […]

Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: EU Officials Mull Remote Biometric Registration […]

New details are emerging about the difficulties that some countries are having in implementing the European Union’s planned biometric border system, along with further hints that its activation date will […]

Officials from France, Germany, and the Netherlands have reportedly written to European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson to warn her that their countries will not be prepared for the […]

Another European Union official has offered an update on the bloc’s forthcoming biometric border control system. Marili Männik, the interim Executive Director of eu-LISA, delivered remarks to the European Parliament’s […]

The UK government has provided £10.5 million in funding to British ports, including £3.5 million for the Channel Tunnel, to help prepare for the Entry/Exit System (EES). The funding aims […]

All signs suggest that the European Union’s oft-delayed biometric Entry-Exit System (EES) will indeed go live this autumn, but it may not be wise to bet on the recently reported […]