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ComnetiX(TM) Inc Establishes Canada's First Comprehensive Electronic Fingerprinting Service
ComnetiX(TM) Inc Establishes Canada's First Comprehensive Electronic Fingerprinting Service.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n10 Fully-Equipped Offices and Mobile Units, from Vancouver to Halifax, Already\n Comply With RCMP Real Time Identification Mandate\n\nTORONTO, Dec. 20 /CNW/ -- ComnetiX(TM) Inc (Toronto: CXI), a\nleading provider of biometric identification and authentication solutions,\nannounced that it has established Canada's first comprehensive electronic\nfingerprinting service with 10 offices from Vancouver to Halifax, and with an\nestimated 55 percent of the private fingerprinting market in Canada, ComnetiX\nis also the country's leading supplier of fingerprinting services. The\nservice is fully compliant with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Real\nTime Identification (RTID) Project.\nAccording to John Conohan, ComnetiX VP Fingerprinting Services Canada, the\nbalance of the market is split among 15 vendors that provide similar services.\nComnetiX processes approximately 70,000 fingerprints annually for more than\n200 immigration lawyers and consultants and roughly 50 private corporations.\nThe service is used to screen for a wide range of reasons, from applications\nfor employment, immigration, citizenship and foreign visas, to international\nadoptions of children. They are also used by those seeking criminal pardons\nand US waivers for entry into the United States, and by companies seeking US\nfederal government contracts.\n\"ComnetiX continues to take a very pro-active approach to implementing our\ntechnology solutions, both externally and internally,\" commented Conohan. \"We\nhave transformed our fingerprinting services business unit from an\nink-and-roll operation into a high performance, state-of-the-art business\nservice. And I'm happy to say that we completed the integration of our\ntechnology almost a year ahead of the timeline set by the RCMP for direct\nreceipt of electronic fingerprint submissions. Staying ahead of the RTID\nimplementation has also allowed us to ensure that all offices and staff are\nfully familiar with the technology and the new processes, and that clients are\neducated about the use of this technology in advance.\"\nJames P Scullion, ComnetiX CEO, said, \"In Canada any organization can\nrequest fingerprint-based background checks of its members or employees\nwhereas, in the United States, only those organizations that are governed by\nvarious state and federal regulations may actually rece...