Fingerprint Technology Developed

Fingerprint Technology Developed

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Fingerprint is one of the most common methods of authentication because it is accurate and fast. Its unique nature makes it ideal for use in automated recognition systems. The technology used in fingerprint verification is vital because the fingerprint is one of the most valuable personal data, which should be kept secure from unauthorized access.

This is also the assumption in Turkey. A new Biometric Data System developed in Turkey allows for the carrying out of all stages of the fingerprinting process, with extra technological features.

The product will cover all stages of the tracing process, from data collection to identification. It will be used by Turkey’s General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs, the country’s immigration authority and relevant divisions of the General Directorate of Security.

The technology was developed as a joint venture among Turkey’s defense contractor HAVELSAN and the Interior Ministry’s Police Maintenance and Provident Fund (POLSAN), and will be delivered for use at relevant institutions in April. 

The system is in line with global efforts aimed at shoring up the protection of personal data, as promised by HAVELSAN Chairman Ahmet Hamdi Atalay, according to dailysabah.com.

The new method will standardize the existing technologies in the institutions and eliminate the differences.

According to the Personal Data Protection Law, this data needs to be processed, stored, transmitted and received with a certain systematic. 

He pointed out that the critical side of fingerprint recognition systems is the algorithm used. According to mbs.news, he informed that the stored, loaded fingerprints can be compared very quickly and that the identification of the person within a few seconds is possible with a software-based process. Using existing devices, fingerprint scanning will be carried out, the processes such as processing, storing and comparing the scanned data will be carried out on the newly developed system.”