Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication Technology

UK Border Agency developing an Olympics smart card for 2012 games

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in News

The accreditation card will provide access to both the county and to the various Olympic venues. Project Semaphore, the forerunner of the e-Borders scheme, will eventually record extensive data on all international passenger movements.

The agency will start procurement of e-Borders this summer. The agency doesn’t plans to verify the biometrics of everyone entering and leaving the UK. [end] 

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