Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

LaserCard licenses technology to Ritel

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

LaserCard Corp. has licensed Ritel, based in Rieti, Italy, to manufacture optical memory card encoders and read/write drives. LaserCard will supply an initial package of parts, tools and schematics for assembly of secure optical memory card encoders to support the Italian Citizen ID Card Program to about 40 million Italian citizens. [end] 

The government of Saudi Arabia has increased the requirements for its national ID cards.

Provided by LaserCard the Saudi smart card IDs are now based on LaserCard’s Optical Security Media (OSM) technology. Saudi citizens use them for identification, e-government and travel throughout the region.

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IDentiphoto Company LTD. announced the implementation of a new automated identification system provided to the City of Cleveland Department of Assessments and Licenses that enables them to provide hard plastic licenses and permits.

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Canadian company Blackbird International Corp. has announced its acquisition of Insight ID, a real-time authentication service that verifies a person through a Web browser and Internet connection.

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Just as the University of Georgia police were ending an investigation into a sophisticated fake ID ring, another student dealing in fake driver licenses came to light. The original ring, apparently run by students at the University of Georgia and Gainesville State College, had distributed more than 1,000 fake IDs to students at the two schools.

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HID Global has received a follow-on order for the manufacture and supply of U.S. government Permanent Resident Cards, also known as “Green Cards,” issued to all legal foreign residents of the United States under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) border security program.

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Obtaining fake IDs, such as driver licenses, is becoming harder for college students. Not only must they deal with local law enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security can also get involved.

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