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  2. Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner - Wikipedia

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    The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is an independent monitoring body of the Home Office. Although originally distinct, the UK government combined the roles of Biometrics Commissioner with those of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner in March 2021 due to an emerging need in facial recognition regulation, a type of surveillance ...

  3. Office of Biometric Identity Management - Wikipedia

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    Office of Biometric Identity Management. United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (commonly referred to as US-VISIT) is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) management system. The system involves the collection and analysis of biometric data (such as fingerprints), which are checked against a database to track ...

  4. Biometric identification by country - Wikipedia

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    Biometric identification by country. Biometrics refers to the automated recognition of individuals based on their biological and behavioral characteristics, not to be confused with statistical biometrics; which is used to analyse data in the biological sciences. Biometrics for the purposes of identification may involve DNA matching, facial ...

  5. HM Passport Office - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.gov.uk /hmpo. His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) is a United Kingdom government agency. As a division of the Home Office (HO), it provides passports for British nationals worldwide. It was formed on 1 April 2006 as the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), but was renamed HM Passport Office on 13 May 2013.

  6. Biometrics - Wikipedia

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    Biometrics. Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics and features. Biometric authentication (or realistic authentication) is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance. [1]

  7. Biometric passport - Wikipedia

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    This biometric symbol is usually printed on the cover of biometric (ICAO compliant) passports. A biometric passport (also known as an electronic passport, e-passport or a digital passport) is a traditional passport that has an embedded electronic microprocessor chip, which contains biometric information that can be used to authenticate the identity of the passport holder.

  8. United States Department of Homeland Security - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cyber security, and disaster prevention and management.

  9. Israeli identity card - Wikipedia

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    Teudat Zehut (Hebrew: תעודת זהות t'udát zehút) or Huwiyyah (Arabic: بطاقة هوية biṭāqat huwiyyah) is the Israeli compulsory identity document issued by the Ministry of Interior, as prescribed in the Identity Card Carrying and Displaying Act of 1982: "Any resident sixteen years of age or older must at all times carry an Identity card, and present it upon demand to a senior ...