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Country Biometrics Applications
Argentina • 2010: Re launches National ID in the form of the Passport booklet including
biometric information of fingerprints and facial data
• 2011: launches Biometric enrollment for travel and ID documents for expats living
outside of Argentina and also for foreign visitors intending to travel to Argentina
Chile • 1997: Wide spread use of Biometrics in Criminal records
• 2007: Part of CLARCIEV- initiative in Civil Registry
• 2007/8: Implementation of Biometric Research Laboratory to validate facial/Iris
identification database, benchmarking of search algorithms for 1:N in a 16Million
records database
Togo • 2009: Keeping in line with their commitment to the Economic Community of
African States (ECOWAS), Togo adopts the Biometric Passports containing nonrepudiated
fingerprint information to enhance border access. Non-machine
readable passports phased out in 2010, along with other African Nations of
ECOWAS (namely Nigeria, Niger, Guinea, Senegal, Cote D’ivoire, Liberia, Benin
and Ghana) –Togo, has issued Biometric passports to its citizens
EQ. Guinea • 2010: The Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States
(CEMAC) is set to put biometric passports into circulation within its member
states. Members of CEMAC are Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic,
Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Chad.
Congo • 2004: Congo launches a unique Iris based identification system for rehabilitation
of the ex-combatants of wars to civil life. This program- The Programme National
de Désarmement, Démobilisation, et Reinsertion (PNDDR) has proved immensely
successful.
• 2010: Launches Biometric Passports under the CEMAC program.
Tanzania • 2011: National Identification Authority launches system for issuing of 25 Million
Smart ID Cards with biometric for national identification and civil use.
• 2011: Biometric authentication based Kiosks deployed as part of e-Government
initiatives for enabling eligible citizens to access the Social Security funds and
conduct transactions electronically through the kiosks.
Namibia • 2007: Biometric Driver’s license deployed and in action
South Africa • 2002: Automatic Fingerprint Identification System introduced for aiding criminal
justice, digitizing about 4.5Million criminal records and fingerprints collected
from 1920
• 1993: HANIS (Home Affairs National Identification System) launched with
biometric data collection as part of Identification booklet issued with a 2D
Barcode
• 2010: Smart ID Card with Biometric data initiated
Germany • 2010: RFID based Smart cards with digital data including biometric information
initiated to replace normal plastic ID Cards
• 2003: AFIS introduced for visitors to Germany as part of Schengen Visa for
biometric identification. Iris recorded at Airports on entry for monitoring visitors
• 2005: e-Passport System with integrated biometric data goes live with facial
image as primary biometric identifier
• 2007: Second Gen e-Passport released with fingerprint as the primary identifier
complying with EU regulations on eMRTD
• 2010: Biometric data enabled RFID Smart Cards started to be issued as National
ID Cards
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