RegardingID Archive | Two sports venues become first in UK to install biometric systems

Thursday, December 13, 2007

The Carnegie Leisure Centre and Pitreavie Stadium in Dunfermline became the first sports venues in the UK to use fingerprint recognition systems on their reception doors. Staff will have their fingerprints scanned into a computer which should recognize them on subsequent visits. The systems will be installed by Glasgow-based UK Biometrics.

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Two sports venues become first in UK to install biometric systems