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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.

 

Passive biometric facial liveness from ID R&D implemented by Zenoo to boost onboarding conversions

Passive facial biometric liveness detection technology from ID R&D has been implemented by digital onboarding innovator Zenoo to strengthen security…

 

Biometrics awards round-up: veriScan, Access Softek, Qualcomm, Kount, Socure, Zetes

The 2020 business technology awards’ season is upon us, and several biometrics companies, as well as organizations implementing biometrics from…

 

Biometrics industry gears up for connect:ID; Iris ID, Jenetric, Cyberlink and Get Group announce demos

Connect:ID 2020 is taking place this week in Washington, D.C., with presentations and demonstrations from many of the biometrics industry’s…

 

Hikvision shows off 900K-square-foot facility for manufacturing biometric surveillance cameras in India

Hikvision’s India subsidiary has opened a manufacturing facility in the country, with facial biometrics surveillance cameras being built by more…

 

Jurisdiction and pre-emption in biometric privacy suits may soon be clarified

The regular movement of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) suits to the Northern District of California may only increase as…

 

Clearview AI sought every US mugshot from past 15 years, Vermont sues over web-scraping

Clearview AI has sought every mugshot from across America to augment the billions of images it scraped from social media…

 

China cracks down on biometric data collection by apps with new consent requirement

Apps in China will be required to receive explicit consent from users to collect their biometric data starting on October…

 

Identity Automation acquires Enboard to bolster education IAM market position

Identity Automation has acquired Enboard, a company specializing in automated account management, single sign-on (SSO), smart account provisioning, rostering, and…

 

Biometric vending machines draw $20M investment as retail app launches facial recognition

Age restricted purchase protections appear to be a growing use-case for facial biometrics, judging by a funding announcement and an…

 

Biometrics stocks wrap: Airside investment, Valid, NXP, Idex, OneSpan, SAFR, Nuance

Amadeus has made a strategic investment in Airside to integrate some of its components into the Amadeus Traveler ID platform…

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