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Vision-Box Integrating Face Recognition Pilots for CBP

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

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Portugal’s Vision-Box is participating in at least two biometric exit pilots being rolled out by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and airlines at different airports this summer, part of the agency’s efforts to deploy face-recognition technology to track the departures of foreign nationals leaving the U.S. by air.Delta Airlines [DAL] is testing eGates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Atlanta Hartsfield with Vision-Box responsible for integrating the exit systems that are testing to assure each departing…

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