Fingerprint Processing and Storage
The applicant’s scanned fingerprints and registration information
will be electronically transmitted by IDEMIA via IDEMIA’s approved
channeling process directly to the FBI. The fingerprints are run against
the FBI database, and the report is sent directly from the FBI back to
IDEMIA. Currently, IDEMIA maintains the reports for five years from
the date of the report on a secure server (accessible by authorized
representatives). After five years, the reports are destroyed. Neither
PDE or the FBI or IDEMIA stores an applicant’s fingerprints. If an
applicant is required to obtain a new report, the applicant must be
fingerprinted again in order to obtain the report.