FINGERPRINT DATABASE
December 1st, 2001
BY KATE REWAN AMERICAN biometrics company has put together the largest non-government electronic fingerprint database that has been made commercially available in the US, with over 100,000 records.Developed by Biopay Inc, it is now used by more than 100 banks, grocery stores and other retail outlets in the US; they use it for checking the trustworthiness of customers with no bank accounts who want to cash cheques.They enrol in the system by providing a piece of ID, (such as a driver's licence); both index fingers are scanned, and an electronic photo is taken. The ...
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