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“Majority of Europeans Support Biometrics for Id Cards or Passports: Steria Survey”
by LTEB
July 9th, 2013

According to a new survey conducted by Steria, the majority of European citizens support the use of biometrics for criminal identification and for identity documents and passports, though slightly less than half are supportive of the technology replacing PIN numbers for bank cards.

Steria, a provider of IT-enabled business services, contracted Toluna to perform the survey on citizens in the UK, France , Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and found that 81 percent of respondents think biometrics for criminal identification is a good thing, and 69 percent agreed that they would support the use of biometrics in identity cards or passports.

Specifically, 81 percent of French citizens favor the application of biometrics for ID documents, compared to 74 percent of Danish respondents and 68 percent of the survey’s British respondents. Across Europe, 69 percent were also in favor of using biometrics as a form of access control for secure areas. In this case, the French respondents proved again to be the most supportive, with 77 percent, followed by the Danes at 75 percent and the Brits at 69 percent.

According to the company, only 45 percent of citizens agreed they are in favor of the use of biometrics to replace PIN numbers for bank cards. Only 41 percent of Germans were keen to use biometrics for this purpose, compared to 43 percent of Norwegians and 44 percent of Swedish citizens. The French again, are above the European average with 53 percent in favor.

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