[neoconopticon.wordpress.com] Frontex’
Research and Development Unit and the Swedish Presidency of the EU
organized a conference on “Biometric Technology for Border Control”
(with industry exhibition) in Warsaw on 1-2 October. Topics discussed
included European Commission initiatives, standards and guidelines,
automated border control systems, mobile equipment, and issues such as
security, data protection, costs and funding (see programme).
Presentations (from FRONTEX website):
- European Biometrics Forum: BEST (Biometrics European Stakeholders Network): best_standard.pdf
- German Federal office for Information Security: Technical Guideline Biometrics in Public Sector Applications: bsi.pdf
- European Committee for Standardisation: The European Standardisation process cen.pdf
- National centre for Information Technology in Public Administration (CNIPA, Italy): Technical and operational Challenges : cnipa.pdf
- Directorate of Alien police of the Czech Republic: Mobile inspection and checking: czech_mobile_solution.pdf
- German Federal office for Information Security: The EasyPASS pilot project at Frankfurt Airport: easypass.pdf
- European Biometrics Forum: Testing & Certification of biometrics components and systems: ebf.pdf
- European Data Protection Supervisor: Biometrics for border control and data protection: edps.pdf
- Finnish Border Guard: ABC strategyland border pilot: fbg_abc_strategy_landborderpilot2009.pdf
- International Civil Aviation Authority: The use of biometrics to enhance Border Control & Security: icao_mrtd.pdf
- European Commission DG for Justice, Liberty & Security: The policy of Biometric Technology for Border Control: jls-european_view.pdf
- European Commission Joint Research Centre: MOBIDIG: The European
‘Mobile ID’ initiative Working Group: Electronic identity documents and
management for mobile environments: A way forward to meet the upcoming
European challenges: mobidig.pdf
- French border Police: National Automated Border Crossing System (PARAFES): parafes.pdf
- Polish Border Guard: Mobile Devices for Biometric Border control: polish_border_guard_2003.pdf
- UK Border Police: automated border crossing… secure border crossing?: ukba.pdf
- FRONTEX R&D Unit: Automated Border Control Systems: State of the Art in Europe: abc_monica_gariup.pdf
A quick glance confirms that having mandated biometrics ID systems
for border controls, the EU clearly has no intention of limiting their
use to checks at the EU’s borders (see in particular “mobile biometric
checks”).
