The Known Traveller Digital Identity project had a funding deficit of $40,908 for 2021. Read more.
The KTDI project was announced in early 2018. It sought to use blockchain, biometrics and artificial intelligence to speed up the process of screening travellers to a country.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc. | 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 416-383-2300A welcome email is on its way.
In a brief statement to the Financial Post, a Dutch government spokeswoman, Charlotte Hees, said that was due to the implementation of a separate European Union digital identity program, the Entry/Exit System, and the suspension of a current biometric travel program that would have provided the hardware for KTDI. Transport Canada spokeswoman Sau Sau Liu said in a statement that the program had earlier been paused due to air travel challenges arising from the pandemic.
Liu said the project has spent $430,000 over four years, with other partners making “significant” contributions. Among other issues identified were the inability to hold face-to-face meetings amid the pandemic and the lack of a mechanism governing the sharing of intellectual property between governments.
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