SAFETRAVELLERS

SafeTravellers introduces a new identity management platform combining European Union and Third Country National citizen identification based on multi-modal biometrics.

 

 

 

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SAFETRAVELLERS: Secure and Frictionless Identity for EU and Third Country National Citizens

Identity theft is rapidly expanding, causing substantial financial loss to millions of people all around the

world. This invisible crime is also widespread across EU countries, where a growing number of citizens

is targeted by sophisticated fraudulent attacks each year, both offline and online. 56% of Europeans

have experienced at least one type of fraud in the last two years. European security officials speak of an

“epidemic” created by a spike in demand from asylum-seekers and from terrorists carrying counterfeit

documents to enter the EU. Security documents are increasingly being counterfeited or tampered with

by criminals to facilitate transnational crime. The continued vulnerability of different types of identity

and travel documents makes it extremely difficult to combat this problem. SafeTravellers value

proposition aims at a) strengthening the security at the borders, b) improving the productivity of the

Border Authorities and LEAs by providing them with the appropriate tools to combat identity fraud at

the hardware, identity and travel document, and biometrics level, while c) offering a frictionless border

crossing experience for EU/TCN citizens as they will not have to stop at the border checkpoints.

SafeTravellers is both proposing a new way of citizen identification based on multiple biometrics instead

of the problematic identity document, as well as an enhancement of the current way of identity

verification at the borders through a set of tools that will detect attacks at the biometric hardware,

identity and travel document fraud and attempts to falsify biometrics. The proposed solution is GDPR

compliant and introduces various privacy-preserving mechanisms to safeguard the citizens' rights.

Societal Challenges

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Demography

Inclusion

Resilience

Safety & Security

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