CEN/TS 18139:2025

Personal identification - European guide for biometric recognition applications based on ID documents (ERG)

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About this standard

Languages
English
Type
NBN
Status
ACTIVE
Publication date
01 May 2025
ICS Code
35.240.15 (Identification cards. Chip cards. Biometrics)
Withdrawn Date
Price
€ 142,00

About this training

Summary

This document defines requirements and provides guidance on:
• capturing of facial images to be used for verification or identification purposes in applications based on reference images in identity or similar documents and traveller or visa databases
• capturing of fingerprint images to be used for verification or identification purposes in applications based on reference images in identity or similar documents and traveller or visa databases
• data quality maintenance for biometric data captured by/ for verification or identification applications
• data authenticity maintenance for biometric data captured by/ for verification or identification ap-plications.
This document addresses the following aspects which are specific for biometric data capturing:
• biometric data quality and interoperability assurance
• data authenticity assurance
• morphing and other presentation attacks and biometric data injection attacks
• accessibility and usability
• recognition algorithms and their evaluation
• privacy and data protection
• optimal process design.
The following aspects are out of scope:
• other aspects of IT security
• data capturing for ID document enrolment purposes, e.g. passport or ID card enrolment.