The Australian government isending its plansfor a interior biometric database mean to facilitate police departments traverse suspect and other persons of interest , the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commissionannounced Friday . Surveillance and security companionship NEC was awarded the contract in 2016 , but after a third - party audit find the project had nearly doubled its budget , ACIC terminated the contact .
“ NEC is extremely disappointed by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission decision to terminate the Biometric Identification Services project . NEC has work out intimately with the ACIC to deliver the BIS task and have clearly evidence to the ACIC that we already have a gamey quality solution that will meet their needs , ” a spokesmansaid in a statementto Australian insistence .
The Biometric Identification Services project ’s goal was to blow up Australia ’s fingermark identification system by adding facial recognition , palm prints , and foot prints . An audited account delivered by consulting group PriceWaterhouseCoopers in November found the project was a year behind schedule and $ 40 million over its budget of $ 46 million . The write up found the undertaking “ has been extremely challenge to date , and presents a high risk to the ACIC , ” ultimately warn against quarrel the project and recommending an inspection and repair , according to The Sydney Morning Herald .
Biometric security processes like face realization and fingerprinting are already pop among police force enforcement both in Australia and the U.S. A2016 reportfrom Georgetown Law ’s Center of Privacy and Technology see 117 million Americans ’ faces are in law enforcement web . That ’s about 50 percent of all adults in the United States .
ACIC has n’t annunciate if it plans to pursue a different company to build the biometric database .
[ News 18 ]
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