3M Wins UK Biometric Passport
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The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office has selected 3M to develop, test and implement the UK's biometric passport issuance system. Biometric passports, it is claimed will prevent people obtaining multiple passports for different identities. 3M will equip 104 British Embassies, Consulates and High Commissions around the world with new passport issuance systems that can identify biometric information. British embassies and consulates issue 1 in 10 UK passports. 3M will have to ensure that the process is as secure as the one at the UK Passport Office. The International Civil Aviation Organisation has laid down standards required for secure passports. British passports issued outside the UK beginning January 2006 will include facial recognition and individual demographic data in a microchip. Structural dimensions of facial features will be taken from passport photographs and converted into unique digital data on the chip. The chip also will include the individual's demographic data including name, age and birthplace.
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