China considers biometric data protection law to curb facial recognition abuses and secure PII
Concerns about the impact of facial recognition and other biometrics on the privacy of Chinese citizens may soon find their…
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China’s face-scanning regulations are fuzzy and self-serving
The only certainty about biometric facial recognition in China is that everyone’s face is being recognized. A lot. As a…
Biometric payment card with Idex fingerprint technology granted China UnionPay approval
A biometric payment card featuring a fingerprint sensor and distributed matcher from Idex Biometrics has been granted a Letter of Approval…
CloudWalk raises $250M and plans IPO as biometrics firms flourish in China during pandemic response
CloudWalk has raised RMB 1.8 billion (US$254 million) in funding from a group of provincial and municipal funds in China to…
Idex Biometrics explains specs and importance of China UnionPay approval of Feitian biometric payment card
The importance of the joint achievement by Idex Biometrics and Feitian when their fingerprint-enabled payment card was recently endorsed by China…
Transparency lacking in biometric onboarding for facial recognition payments in China: case study
While China is making the transition to mobile facial recognition payments at physical stores, a case study by Nielsen Norman…
No revolution for biometric face-scanning regulations in China
An analysis of China’s regulatory posture finds “tentative progress” has been made in protecting some biometric data captured by government…
Company prepares behavioral analysis of China’s consumers
Behavioral analysis firm Toluna Inc. has launched a permission-based data collection service in China to analyze in real time the…
AISpeech $58M funding round highlights China’s continuing interest in speech recognition
Speech recognition player AISpeech Company Ltd. this month received RMB 410 million (US$58 million) in a series E round, led…
Biometric face-scanning helmets reading the temperatures of people in crowds in China
Some police and epidemic-control teams in China are wearing biometric head gear and sensors that allow them to spot fevered…
