From bleepingcomputer.com
In a big oops, over 200,000 Danish passports were printed with the user’s fingerprint’s mistakenly swapped between the left and right hand.
Since October 2011, all new Danish passwords contain chips that store biometric data such as the owner’s digital photo, fingerprints, and signatures.
“The decision to introduce fingerprints in passports has been made at central level in the EU as part of the combat against terrorism, human trade, human trafficking, illegal immigration and other transnational crime. With the new biometric passport Danish citizens are secured the possibility to travel to countries which in the future will demand this type of passport for entry.”