CBP Deploys Facial Recognition Biometric Exit Technology At More Airports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the
deployment of facial recognition biometric exit technology to
several more airports, including McCarran International Airport in
Las Vegas, Nevada, for one daily flight from the United States to
Guadalajara, Mexico; and William P. Hobby International Airport in
Houston, Texas, for select flights. This follows recent deployments
of the technology to Washington Dulles International Airport;
George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas; and
O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. An initial
pilot was also conducted at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport. Additional deployments are planned in the
near future.
John Wagner, CBP’s Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner
for Field Operations, said, “With the expansion of this
technology we will be looking at different flights, airports,
lighting conditions, and internal IT configurations to demonstrate
to our stakeholders that this solution is flexible, reliable and
easy for travelers to use.” Using the flight manifest, CBP
builds a flight-specific photo gallery using photographs from the
travel document the traveler provided to the airline. CBP then
compares the live photo against the document photo in the gallery
to ensure that the traveler is the true bearer of the document. If
the photo captured at boarding is matched to a U.S. passport, the
traveler—having been confirmed as a U.S. citizen—is
automatically determined to be out of scope for biometric exit
purposes and the photo is “discarded after a short period of
time,” CBP said, adding that it “remains committed to
protecting the privacy of all travelers.”
The announcement is at https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-deploys-biometric-exit-technology-las-vegas-mccarran-international.
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