IBM calls for export controls on some facial biometrics technologies to prevent human rights abuses
Biometric facial recognition exports from the U.S. should be subject to new controls, IBM argues, to avoid putting the powerful…
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Clearview AI seeks biometric privacy claim consolidation, new BIPA cases brought and defenses considered
Clearview AI is asking to have 11 biometric privacy class action suits combined with each other, and another suit by the…
Apple granted patents for under-display fingerprint biometrics and Face ID upgrades
Apple has been awarded patents for an under-display fingerprint biometric system for portable electronic devices like smartphones, and for facial…
Sumsub selfie biometrics and ID doc check chosen for investor onboarding, SmartSearch launches AML solution
Investor onboarding company Valk has selected Sumsub’s biometric identity verification technology to power the KYC, KYB, and AML checks for…
RailTel launches tender for face biometric and thermal screening system at Indian train stations
India’s RailTel has launched a tender for a camera system with biometric facial recognition and thermal body temperature scanning to…
PeasyPay launches biometric payment system, NTT facial recognition payments trialed on self-driving buses
A biometric payment system using facial and palm recognition has been launched by startup PeasyPay in Hungary to provide GDPR-compliant in-store…
Misunderstandings in biometrics targeted by EAB and EU regulator collaboration
Data protection regulators in Europe have been receptive to the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) as the organization addresses common misconceptions…
DHS biometrics collection proposals would add more than 2 million immigrant records each year
Details of proposed new rules for collecting and using biometrics from people for purposes related to immigration have been posted…
Role of biometrics in global decentralized digital ID platform explained by Goode Intelligence white paper
The use of identity tokens bound to users with biometrics through a template-less algorithm and not dependent on smartphone ownership…
EU leaders to propose regional digital ID system rules and funding by mid-2021
The European Union is planning to establish an EU-wide digital ID system, with a proposal due by the middle of…
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