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Biometric database gains highest possible security certification

Israel's biometric database has been awarded the country's most advanced cybersecurity rating.

Knesset approves: Biometric documents will be valid for ten years - even if the person chose not to save their fingerprint in the database.

Large numbers of Israelis were forced to shell out for a temporary passport after the switch to a biometric passport overloaded the system.

'I am always skeptical when government officials claim that tracking technology they wield will help keep citizens safe.'

Law calls for creation of database of faces and fingerprints of all Israeli residents.

Majority vote allows more time for government to assess success, failures of full switch to fingerprinted ID.

Interior Minister Gilad Erdan to advance legislation to phase the entire country into a biometric ID system to prevent fraud.

"I fear those who are guarding the information more than I fear those who may steal it," says MK Moshe Feiglin.

With much debate, Israel began implementing its biometric database program Monday.

The biometric database is not yet mandatory, and there is no need to rush and volunteer to join it, says a former minister

The Interior Ministry has announced that Israel’s biometric database program will officially begin in two weeks.

Despite protests by privacy groups, Israel will begin amassing biometric data on its citizens beginning Tuesday.

The Interior Ministry is proposing a new regulation to require foreign workers to register with a biometric database