If you’re headed to Britain from any European nations this summer, you’ll get some face time at the security gate. It’s part of a new technology that will scan the faces of every passenger. European air travelers to Britain will be screened with automatic facial recognition technology in a bid to tighten security and ease congestion.

Citizens of Britain and all European Economic Area countries will pass through unmanned clearance gates which will scan passengers’ faces and compare them to data held on their biometric passports.

The European Economic Area includes all 27 European Union countries as well as Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The technology being used has been programmed to err on the side of caution to ensure that travelers on security services’ watch lists are not allowed to freely pass through.Because of that, some passengers may be held up and redirected if the clearance gates cannot match their faces to the records on their passports.

The government had not yet decided on how many airports would take part in the initial trial this year, but I imagine that if all goes well we most likely will see this innovative technology in airports across the globe.