A groundswell that has combined international efforts, technology breakthroughs and political momentum is clearing the way for the creation of electronic visas and passports. Implementation could ...

To the Chief of the Legal Division: The American Civil Liberties Union hereby comments on and formally opposes the Department of State's proposed rule creating ""electronic passports"" by including ...

BERLIN (AP) - Germany's top security official said Wednesday that the country will start issuing new passports this fall with chips that contain biometric data. The chip on the new "ePass," which ...

A long-awaited step toward standardisation in airport and airline security has come from ICAO, which has adopted a global blueprint for the integration of biometric identification information into ...

Ministers for European Union member states agreed on Tuesday to adopt biometric passports. The first biometric passports are set to arrive in 18 months. Initially, they will record the facial ...

WASHINGTON - Two U.S. government agencies are moving ahead with plans to require biometric passports for travelers to and from the U.S., agency representatives said Wednesday, but some legislators ...

Sweden and Norway began deploying biometric passports in October but privacy and security issues may limit the potential of the new systems. Both Norway and Sweden will store digital facial images on ...

The Swiss authorities are to begin issuing biometric passports containing face recognition data from the end of next year. The United States has given Switzerland and 26 other countries with which it ...

Ministers for European Union member states agreed on Tuesday to adopt biometric passports. The first biometric passports are set to arrive in 18 months and initially will record the facial ...

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 ...