...Leaving the system open on a voluntary basis is laughable, who in their right mind would voluntarily hand over biometricinformation to a scheme that is fundamentally flawed? The scheme is currently available in Manchester but only 3,500 people...
http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article263360.html
...member countries will be required to add fingerprint data to machine readable travel documents (MRTDs) with the biometricinformation protected through the EAC scheme by June. The ICAO event, hosted with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Entrust-Strengthens-Global-prnews-14867226.html