Digital Identification Solutions has made a trio of announcement at the CeBIT exhibition in Hanover, Germany. The company announced a new card personalization suite, a credential scanning module and new holographic technology. EDIsecure Card Personalization Suite contains a set of modules for many configurations of printer hardware and peripherals. Its architecture is based on the […]

The California State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) had its recent proposal for a five-year contract for a facial recognition system valued at $63 million blocked by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, according to a Mercury News article. Since the proposal was blocked, it must now face public scrutiny at a hearing. Governor Schwarzenegger was […]

Attempts by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to revamp its driver licenses and DMV programs to include biometric information and capabilities is encountering staunch opposition from privacy rights groups, according to a San Jose Mercury News article. The intention of the program is to fit the state’s DMVs with facial recognition software and […]

Ticketing, physical access and information sharing are just a few examples of other applications By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Mention near field communication and most think mobile payments. That’s probably because the next generation technology is being touted as a replacement for contactless cards or potentially even the next wallet. NFC will enable a phone […]

Protecting identity is critical and is only going to become more important as time goes on, says former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Sec. Michael Chertoff. In a speech at the University of Southern California National Center for Risk & Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events in August, Chertoff talked about how important identity can be. […]

By Angela Tweedie, Contributing Editor Imagine the stresses credit cards, ID cards and debit cards go through on a daily basis. Between constantly being taken in and out of wallets and purses, subjected to heat, and even run through the washer and dryer, the durability of plastic cards are put to the test every day. […]

The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles will start issuing enhanced driver licenses on Feb. 17, according to a news report in the Burlington Free Press. The new documents will cost $25 more than traditional licenses and enable cardholder to cross the Canadian border without a passport book. After June 1 no one will be able […]

iDcentrix announced it has signed a partnership agreement with Sistemas Integrales de Automatización S.A de C.V (SIASA), a systems integrator based in Mexico, to market identity products and services in the country. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The partnership agreement is focused on offering government organizations in the region state-of-the-art technology that assures […]

Washington state representative Jeff Morris has announced plans to fight the “malicious use” of RFID devices in 2009, according to an Information Week news report. Morris plans to introduce a package of consumer protection bills when state lawmakers convene next week, in an effort to safeguard privacy from what he terms “spy technology” devices. The […]

By Joseph Pearson, marketing manager for government identification, Texas Instruments Electronic credentials ranging from passports to national ID cards are making next generation debuts in many parts of the world. The European Union is moving forward with electronic passports containing biometric fingerprint data for extended access control. Many countries are developing multi-purpose national ID cards […]