Tuesday, June 29, 2004

The Australian: Border security going digital [June 29, 2004]

The Australian: Border security going digital [June 29, 2004]: "
Border security going digital
Simon Hayes
June 29, 2004
THE Department of Immigration will build a giant database to store digital photographs, fingerprints and other biometric identifiers from visa applicants and immigration detainees as part of a multimillion-dollar upgrade to border security.






The move comes ahead of next week's launch of a biometrics capture lab that will allow the department to test the new technologies. "