By Steve Ranger, 16 February 2006 10:00
NEWS
Project Semaphore
In November 2004 a contract was awarded to IBM for the delivery of Project Semaphore, a working prototype system that would test the core concepts of e-Borders.
The £15m pilot scheme tests the capture of advance passenger information on a limited number of air routes. It will run until late 2007, when it will be replaced by the full e-Borders system implementation.
Semaphore captures in and outbound passenger information on 10 routes to the UK, covering 10 million passengers. The data will be matched against 'watch lists' held by the Immigration Service, Police and Customs and Excise.
The Passenger Name Records will be scored against risk profiles, and provide alerts to government agencies.
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1. anonymous
My experience with the IRIS system as installed at present, is dreadful.
If you are carrying luggage it reads the booth having 2 people in and refuses to let you in.
If this is the basis of the new system then we really are in trouble.