DIN CEN/TS 16921 DIN SPEC 16595:2016-08

This Technical Specification primarily focuses on biometric aspects of portable identification systems for law enforcement and border control authorities. The recommendations given here will balance the needs of security, ease of access and data protection. ISO/IEC has published a series of standards dealing with biometric data coding, interfaces, performance tests as well as compliance tests. It is essential for interoperability that all these standards are applied in European deployments. However, ISO/IEC standards do not consider national or regional characteristics; in particular, they do not consider European Union privacy and data protection regulation as well as accessibility and usability requirements. This Technical Specification extends the international Standards by emphasizing specific European needs.