Thales will provide biometric border screening technology for the Spanish government, thanks to a contract win from the Spanish Ministry of Interior. The French multinational will work in partnership with […]

ID Tech for June 16, 2022 After a previous ID Tech column laid out the challenging funding landscape that private biometrics companies will face now that the tech bubble has […]

Belgium is creating a new biometric database to keep tabs on migrants within the country. The database is intended to curtail illegal immigration, and will supplement the European Union’s Entry/Exit […]

The European Union is getting rid of its special visa requirements for Qatari and Kuwaiti citizens. The decision will allow people from the two countries to travel to the EU […]

“The contract has been awarded in anticipation of the incoming EU Entry/Exit System (“EES”) regulation, which is broadly aimed at ensuring that EU members within the region’s Schengen zone register […]

A former Apple employee has filed complaints with several European privacy regulators in the hope that it will lead to more scrutiny of the tech giant’s employee data collection practices. […]

Thales has published a new white paper to bring the European public up to speed on the latest changes to the European Union’s eIDAS regulations. The original eIDAS guidelines were […]

iProov’s liveness detection solution has been listed as a certified Qualified Trust Service under the European Union’s eIDAS regulations. The designation will allow Qualified Trust Service Providers (QTSPs) to add […]

With tensions escalating at the Ukraine-Russia border, Czech Republic officials are planning to ask European Union counterparts to restrict travel for Russians who don’t hold biometric passports, according to a […]

A pair of lawmakers believe that the European Union is still at least a year away from implementing meaningful laws to govern the use of facial recognition. The European Commission […]