Massachusetts governor to sign bill limiting police facial recognition after compromise
A compromise has been reached between Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and the state senate to reduce the restrictions on facial…
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Biometric verification reveals 10K ghost workers on Zimbabwe public payroll
The use of biometrics to identify ‘ghosts’ receiving fraudulent payments in Africa continues, with Zimbabwe excising at least 10,000 ghost…
Temperature scanning and biometric COVID-mitigation technology continues flooding into market
CloudMinds is rebranding and pivoting to temperature scanning, amid a busy period for biometrics and other technologies being applied to…
China signals serious intent to regulate facial recognition and other biometrics
A Chinese government spokesperson is emphasizing the need for sensitive data like biometrics to be collected and used only for…
Rights groups call for expanded biometrics collection at US borders to be withdrawn
The proposed rule from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to graduate its Biometric Exit program to production is a…
KYC market steams into year-end with biometrics deals, funding and regulatory attention
ID document-scanning and selfie biometrics implementations have been expanded by an Onfido customer and announced by Veriff, while Signzy has…
Clearview AI to face consolidated biometric data privacy suit in Illinois in partial victory
Clearview AI is facing a multidistrict data privacy suit over its sale of biometric services in Illinois, after having its…
Idemia biometric card secure chip certified for ICCN security, Zwipe signs worldwide distribution deal
A new milestone on the path towards next-generation biometric cards has been achieved by Idemia and Zwipe, the companies say, with…
Facial recognition legislation rolls on in New Orleans and Oakland, Boston Celtics players urge passage
New Orleans City Council has passed a ban on the use of facial recognition by police and other local agencies,…
Biometrics to play central role in CBP strategy over next five years
Biometric identification is one of the strategic objectives named in the first of three goals of U.S. Customs and Border…
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