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South Delhi Municipal Corporation schools to get biometrics for attendance, lunch payments

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Biometric attendance systems will be installed in schools of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation in April of this year, in a move to ensure student safety. The biometric attendance systems will keep track of the entry and exit time of every student, and will help to mitigate false attendance. The biometric system will also help improve the mid-day meal program in schools as they will be able to obtain the exact number of meals required. According to a report by

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Next round of smartphones to incorporate biometrics

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Biometrics Research Group, Inc. expects that biometrics will become integrated within a wide number of mobile devices in the near future. Integration will be driven by smartphone and tablet manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung Electronics, which we expect will add both fingerprint and gesture recognition functionality to their mobile devices within the next year. In January, at the Consumer Electronics Show, a Samsung Android phone was demonstrated which included a fingerprint sensor underneath its screen. Developed by Validity, a

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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to use MorphoTrak fingerprint system

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Thanks to a system upgrade from MorphoTrak, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) will soon be more efficient and accurate in its fingerprint identification efforts. The new contract upgrades the existing TBI fingerprint system with the latest technology from the Morpho Biometric Identification Solution, which the company says offers the top matching accuracy, also featured in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification system. The upgrade will also provide increased system accuracy and throughput, as well as greater database capacity, thanks to

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Facebook brings facial recognition back for U.S. users

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Facebook has just announced that its facial recognition feature to generate tag suggestions has been re-enabled for U.S. users, after the company says it made “technical improvements.” Reported previously in BiometricUpdate.com, the social network’s facial recognition features have been a major bone of contention for many users who feel it violates their privacy. In Europe, pressure ultimately led Facebook to remove the biometric function for its user base within the European Union. Also reported in The Next Web, Facebook first

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Karnataka State Government set to install biometric workforce management systems in all courts

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The Pune district court in Shivajinagar has begun the installation of a workforce management solution to monitor staff on the court premises in Shivajinagar, The Indian Express reports. A total of 12 biometric machines will be installed on the Shivajinagar court premises for its 905 employees. “We have installed six machines at the new building premises. Currently, information about staff is being fed in the system. We are also testing the system for any technical glitches,” an unnamed senior administrative

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Smart card drivers’ license program begins in Uttar Pradesh

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Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav recently announced the launch of smart card drivers’ licenses in certain regions of Uttar Pradesh in India, The Times of India reports. Under this program, smart card-based drivers’ licenses will include a biometric thumbprint as well as digital signatures. Applicants will have to be registered in-person at the transport office. According to the Times report, these new drivers licenses are currently available from 10 regional offices across the country. These offices are: Lucknow, Agra, Allahabad, Kanpur,

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OASIS announces biometrics technical committee, calls for participation

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The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) has announced that a new technical committee is being formed to focus on biometrics.  According to the organization’s website, “OASIS is a not-for-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. OASIS promotes industry consensus and produces worldwide standards for security, cloud computing, SOA, web services, the smart grid, electronic publishing, emergency management and other areas.” The purpose of this new committee

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WISeKey now on all major mobile platforms

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WISeID, a biometric authentication solution for password and PIN storage, using a digital encrypted cloud safe, is now available on all major mobile operating system platforms, including iOS, Android and Windows. The WiseID is made by Switzerland-based WISekey, a developer of specialized security and digital identification solutions. The WiseID is an app which syncs your sensitive information to the cloud, and users can authenticate themselves using face and pattern recognition, and uses “military-grade” encryption. The app was first launched on

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Kenyans rush to register biometrics ahead of general election, though malfunctions cause delays

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Following news that president of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Kenya announced biometric voter-registration data will not be shared with law enforcement and will be kept private, thousands of Kenyans have lined up to secure their right to vote just days before the national deadline. Reported in Africa Review, prospective voters feared being excluded from participating in the country’s upcoming March 4, 2013 general election. According to to Orange Democratic Movement Secretary-General Anyang’ Nyong’o said the IEBC

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Iranian researchers make a case for biometric banking in Iran

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An academic research report has recently been published by Iranian researchers and explores the use of biometric technologies being used for banking applications in the country. Referenced in the most recent Biometric Research Note, the authors of the paper rely on 121 examples of implemented biometric banking systems and found that among the world’s banks that use biometric technology, 52% are located in Asia, 32% in the United States and 9% in Europe. This paper, titled Review Banking on Biometric in

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