E-passports are major improvements over original passports in a few key ways. We break down what makes them different from ...

A travel mishap has gone viral online in recent days. It highlighted the increasing application of biometric identity checks in airports. A U.S. traveler was detained by border officers who questioned ...

The outgoing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Tom Ridge, called for a new international standard for putting biometric data such as fingerprints on passports. In a speech Friday at the ...

The European Parliament signed up to a plan Wednesday to introduce computerized biometric passports including people’s fingerprints as well as their photographs, despite criticism from civil liberties ...

You might have heard the term “biometric passport” thrown around at the airport, especially if you have breezed through one of those e-Gates without having to chat to a single border officer. But what ...