Trusted Revocable Biometric Identities

TURBINE (TrUsted Revocable Biometric IdeNtitiEs) is a research project awarded
6.3 Million Euro funding by the European Union under the Seventh Framework
Programme (FP7) for Research and Technology Development.

Lasting three years,
TURBINE aims to develop innovative digital identity solutions, combining secure,
automatic user identification thanks to electronic fingerprint authentication and
reliable protection of the biometrics data through advanced cryptography
technology.

Research efforts will focus on transformation of a description
of fingerprints, so that the result can only be re-generated by the person with
the fingerprints. TURBINE will hence provide the assurance that:

1. the
   data used for the authentication, generated from the fingerprint, cannot be used
   to restore the original fingerprint sample
2. the individual will be able
   to create different "pseudo-identities" for different applications with the same
   fingerprint, whilst ensuring that these different identities (and hence the
   related personal data) cannot be linked to each other, and
3. the
   individual is enabled to revoke an identity for a given application in case it
   should not be used anymore.

The outcome of the project is intended
to meet usage requirements for various market segments, such as ebanking,
eGovernment, eHealth, physical access control, and mobile telecommunications.

The TURBINE consortium comprises major players in biometrics and cryptography,
including Sagem Sécurité, Philips Research Europe, Sagem Orga, Precise Biometrics
in Sweden, Cryptolog and ARTTIC in France, 3D-GAA S.A. in Greece, as well as
academic research groups from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and
Gjøvik University College in Norway. In addition, two  href="http://www.turbine-project.eu/advisors.php">expert groups have been set
up to advise the consortium on data protection and privacy regulations and
requirements of key application sectors for electronic identity management
solutions.