Airports Company SA terminates the multimillion-rand contract for an automated border control project issued to IDEMIA.
The terminated multimillion-rand contract was for biometric and e-gate systems to control passenger movement at airports.
“The biometric and digital identity technology project remains key to ACSA’s short- to medium-term strategy to ensure a seamless and efficient customer experience connecting passengers to their next destinations, opportunities and goals. As such, the company intends to pursue the project in the near future,” says ACSA in a statement.
that French multinational corporation IDEMIA had been accused of holding dual status as “referee and player” in the contract with ACSA.The issue stemmed from the implementation of biometric and facial recognition technologies, as well as e-gate systems to control passenger movement at airports. Following the ITWeb story, law firms representing InfoVerge Solutions approached the courts, requesting the contract be set aside.
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