RegardingID Archive | UK timetable for fingerprint passport under review

Monday, January 28, 2008

The integration of fingerprints into the next generation of ePassports could be delayed in the UK despite earlier reassurances that the UK would mirror the timetable of its European counterparts. The Identity and Passport Service introduced the first biometric passport in 2006, with over 8 million now issued. The next move is to include fingerprints in a second generation biometric passport.

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Access presents secure travel and ID document readers

Access IS is gearing up for Security Document World (SDW) 2012 where it will be showcasing its latest range of security document readers.

There the company will introduce its new passport reader - the OCR601 - which is able to quickly and accurately verify the machine readable zone (MRZ) and enables the data in an e-passport’s chip to be read, all in a single action.

U.S. GPO achieves milestone in the production of the e-passports

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has produced 75 million electronic passports at its secure production facilities in Washington, D.C. and Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

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