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Olympic Games 2008

Biometric Accreditation System Ensures Secure Access to the "German House" in Beijing

New ID display card with contactless chip in use for the first time

Berlin, 8 August 2008 - For the Summer Olympic Games Bundesdruckerei GmbH has equipped the "German House" in Beijing with an accreditation system featuring a combination of proven technology and state-of-the-art innovations. This system will provide up to 7000 athletes, coaches, officials, business partners, media representatives and staff with safe and easy access to Germany's Olympic meeting place from 8 to 24 August.

Following the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens and the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, this year Deutsche Sport-Marketing GmbH again asked Bundesdruckerei to provide an access-control system. Bundesdruckerei is using important elements of its Border Control Platform, which the company developed for current and future border-control scenarios.

During the Olympic Games a select number of VIPs will have an opportunity to use a state-of-the-art ID card to enter the "German House". This display card is equipped with a contactless chip and draws its energy from a radio field, so that it does not need a battery. When the card is read, its bistable display provides information on the holder's membership of a predefined group - the German Olympic Sports Federation, guest or partner - and allows him or her to pass.

Most of the visitors to the "German House" will use a biometric ID card. They have to be accredited before being granted access. Each person is photographed and must prove his or her identity just once by showing their passport. The photograph and personal data are then printed onto an ID card. Finally, visitors have their fingerprints taken, and these are stored by the system for the duration of the Games. This completes the "enrolment process", after which the biometric ID cards are issued. Visitors who then wish to enter the "German House" must have their cards read at a verification station at the entrance to the building and give a live fingerprint. The live data are compared with the stored data. If they match, admission is granted. The card is again read and compared with the live data when the person leaves the "German House". Mobile verification devices developed by Bundesdruckerei will be used this year for the first time, and this will significantly increase the flexibility of the system.

Information about Bundesdruckerei

Bundesdruckerei GmbH Berlin is one of the world's leading companies engaged in developing and supplying systems solutions for secure identification. In addition to passport and ID-card systems, the company supplies ID documents, high-security cards, document checking devices, security software along with trust center services to national and international customers. Bundesdruckerei GmbH also produces banknotes, postage and revenue stamps as well as electronic publications. With its subsidiaries BIS Bundesdruckerei International Services GmbH, D-TRUST GmbH and iNCO Sp. z o.o., Bundesdruckerei employs a staff of more than 1,450 worldwide. The company generated revenue of EUR 303 million in the 2007 financial year.

For further details, please visit our website at www.bundesdruckerei.de.

Contact:
Antonia Voerste
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Tel: + 49 (0) 30-25 98-28 00
Fax: + 49 (0) 30-25 98-28 08
E-Mail: antonia.voerste@bdr.de