Global facial recognition market to grow by over $3.3B in next five years
The global market for facial recognition is forecast to reach $7.75 billion by 2024 following a 12 percent CAGR from…
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New ID and biometrics advisory board, ethical AI alliance formed by global organizations
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the foundation of an Identity and Biometric Technology Advisory Board (IBTAB), with the…
Public-private biometrics collaborations will increase; establish robust policies, UK govt group urges
Collaborations on live facial recognition and other biometric technologies between the public and private sectors are likely to increase, according…
Selfie biometrics continue rapid rise with increasing availability, Onfido and Yoti customer wins
Several new partnerships and solutions based on biometric identity checks from mobile devices have been announced. Onfido has signing a…
Idemia and Sopra Steria win French biometric border control system contract
Idemia has won a contract with the French Ministry of the Interior, along with consortium partner Sopra Steria, to provide a…
Airport biometrics growth continues and recommended to restore passenger confidence
Plans to restore air travel passenger confidence and to improve safety with biometrics have resulted in more deployments of facial…
Idemia working on digital health passport for borders with Kiwi immunity-detection company
Idemia has partnered with Orbis Diagnostics, an immunity-detection technology provider based in New Zealand, to support research and development into quantitative…
Delete one person’s biometric records, German Data Protection Authority orders Clearview AI
Clearview AI will delete an individual from its biometrics database after the Hamburg Data Protection Authority declared the biometric profiles of…
Council of Europe warns against biometrics-based emotion recognition
Face biometrics should not be used to implement evaluations of employees based on emotion recognition, The Council of Europe has…
WhatsApp launches biometric authentication to securely link account with web version
Biometric authentication has been added to the web and desktop version of WhatsApp, allowing the messaging app’s 2 billion-plus users…
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