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While the system is indeed better protecting patient information, enabling students to access dormitories and laundry rooms, and even presents the possibility of connecting with point of sale systems across both the university and hospital campuses, one measurable impact of swapping technologies is the reduction in maintenance. 

Poland has become the first country in Europe to introduce a network of "finger vein ID" cash machines.

Federal authorities say the proposed design for a California driver's license for immigrants in the country illegally doesn't meet national security standards.

If proposals in the French Senate come to fruition, the country could become one of the first in the world to make sweeping laws against the use of biometric technology, excepting certain stringent security-based cases.

Badges are constructed to meet HIPAA, privacy and civil rights concerns – visitors’ last names are not included on badges, and generic room numbers are used as destination markers instead of departments (for example, badges declaring a destination of the “infectious disease” department).

Three  researchers have demonstrated that the accelerometers used in mobile devices possess unique trackable fingerprints.

A federal judge in Milwaukee has struck down Wisconsin's voter Identification law, saying it unfairly burdens poor and minority voters.

A proposal seeking to prevent school systems from collecting students' biometric data has won the support of the Florida Senate.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has reiterated his plans to institute a municipal ID card for New Yorkers.

Like every public administration, managing ID/access badges in municipal security comes with significant challenges that include organizational changes, continually shifting economic factors, regulatory compliance and emerging technologies and best practices.