CBP biometrics at Canadian airports expands with Simplified Arrival implementation
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expanding its face biometrics for air passenger preclearance to eight locations in Canada, with…
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Digital identity systems around Asia compared as Taiwan seeks path forward
Taiwan has underestimated the risks posed by its proposed digital ID system to user privacy and cybersecurity, according to a…
Aware appoints new board member, BioRugged brings on biometrics project specialist
Aware has appointed Gery Evee to its Board of Directors as a Class I director and a member of its nominating…
Next steps for government digital ID systems considered in UK, Australia, Netherlands
The UK government is planning to set up a single sign-on (SSO) and uniform digital ID system across all government…
Idex Biometrics raises $27.5M, Precise Biometrics, Fingerprint Cards, Nuance report earnings
Idex Biometrics has raised NOK 229 million (US$27.5 million) to invest in expansion and general corporate purposes through to commercially scalable…
Digital currency hardware wallets featuring biometrics from Idex, Fingerprint Cards launched
A trial of hardware wallets for digital RMB has been launched by the Postal Savings Bank of China, in the…
1Kosmos brings biometric and blockchain authentication out of stealth with $15M funding round
1Kosmos has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round and is exiting stealth mode to bring its security platform…
AnyVision patent filing suggests face biometrics for delivery drones
A patent application filed by AnyVision for a system to adjust the flying position of drones to capture images for face…
Biometric body temperature scanners being adopted from main street to DHS
Integrated Operations and Altada have each formed new partnerships to meet the demand for biometric solutions with body temperature scanning…
Biometric data privacy suit against Google to wait for answers from IBM proceedings
A proposed class action alleging biometric data privacy regulation violations by Google should wait until a set of facts in…
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