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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

 

Automated retail solutions with biometrics and computer vision from CyberLink and VSBLTY implemented

Biometrics and computer vision capabilities for retail automation have been deployed or launched by CyberLink, Trigo, VSBLTY and Pixevia, as…

 

Keyless raises $2.2M to tackle enterprise breaches with face biometrics and multi-party computation

Keyless has raised $2.2 million in seed funding to provide privacy-enhancing biometric authentication to address the 37 percent increase in enterprise…

 

Voluntary Aadhaar biometrics use expanded to more government services, but advocates worry about exclusion

The use of Aadhaar biometrics is expanding to prevent social welfare fraud, enable innovation and pass on knowledge, and for…

 

Brainworks and Gibraltar Technologies develop biometric apps to support COVID-19 recovery

Brainworks has launched an application with “ambient biometrics” and artificial intelligence capabilities to detect COVID-19 symptoms earlier by measuring personal…

 

Macy’s sued for allegedly violating biometric privacy with Clearview AI use

Macy’s use of Clearview AI’s face biometrics violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), according to a proposed class action…

 

Thales-led consortium delivers Thailand’s new biometric passports

Thailand has officially launched a new passport with embedded biometrics, produced by a consortium including Thales. The e-passport has been…

 

European Association for Biometrics responds to regulators’ paper with clarifications, call for collaboration

A regulator’s paper on biometrics is riddled with inaccuracies, misrepresentations and contradictions, according to a point-by-point refutation written in response…

 

Biometrics stock notes: Unisys, Hikvision, RealNetworks and Ipsidy adapt

Financial results for publicly traded companies providing biometrics continue to show a mix of disruption and growth, but attributing meaning…

 

TikTok biometric data privacy lawsuits in U.S. merged as Microsoft mulls acquisition

Twenty lawsuits alleging biometric data privacy violations by TikTok in federal court have been rolled up into one by a…

 

FaceTec partners with regtech firm to deliver facial authentication and liveness biometrics for eKYC checks

Cynopsis Solutions, one of Asia’s fastest-growing most recognized fintech firms, is implementing biometric facial matching and 3D liveness detection technology…

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