The Commissioner is proposing its own blueprint and legal framework for the use of biometric data in law enforcement across ...

The policing minister’s “egregious proposal” to link the UK’s passport database with facial recognition systems is “unethical and potentially unlawful”, according to the Scottish biometrics ...

A security expert has cracked one of the U.K.’s new biometric passports, which the British government hopes will cut down on cross-border crime and illegal immigration. The attack, which uses a common ...

Britain is set to test facial verification tech that removes the need for passports, but experts have dashed hopes of a full launch this year. The project was unveiled this week by Phil Douglas, the ...

From February 2026, millions of visitors will not be able to travel to the UK without advance permission. The Electronic ...

Travelers at some of the best airports in the world no longer need to show passports, thanks to new technology that is making airport immigration smoother than ever. In September, Singapore announced ...

The outgoing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Tom Ridge, called for a new international standard for putting biometric data such as fingerprints on passports. In a speech Friday at the ...

As of this month, British passport holders will begin receiving a newly redesigned UK passport, marking the formal transition ...