COMPROMISED? Lawmakers called for a full investigation amid allegations that the biometric scanners used in the three international airports were procured from China

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 12, 2017
By: Huang Chieh, Wu Cheng-feng and Jonathan Chin  /  Staff reporters, with staff writer

There is no evidence that Taiwanese travelers’ personal information was leaked by allegedly Chinese-made biometric scanners used at the nation’s three international airports, the Ministry of the Interior and the National Immigration Agency said on Sunday.

E-Gate biometric equipment, in use since 2012 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Kaohsiung International Airport and Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport), allows fast-track processing of frequent travelers via facial recognition and fingerprint scans.

Last month, prosecutors and anti-corruption personnel began investigating officials and contractors for allegedly circumventing government rules barring the use of Chinese-made equipment for national security-related purposes.    [FULL  STORY]