Dutch authorities have been prevented from storing citizens' fingerprints in a central database following a ruling this week by the Court of Justice in the Hague. In the Netherlands, individuals' ...

The FBI is building what is being called the world's largest database of biometric data that will include face, fingerprint, iris and palm scans in order to identify and catch criminals/terrorists.

Disagreements between government agencies are hampering efforts to combine U.S. immigration and law enforcement fingerprint information, making it more difficult to prevent known terrorists and ...