Apple patents and Mastercard lead this week’s top biometrics and digital ID news
Innovations and new projects by major global corporations such as Mastercard, Apple, and NEC are sprinkled throughout the top stories…
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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.
Government, retail and smartphones to push facial recognition market to $7B by 2024
Facial recognition is widely associated with mobile phone technologies such as Apple’s Face ID, and a trend towards more smartphone…
INTERPOL urges systematic biometric data collection and sharing to combat terrorist threats
INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock has emphasized to Project Kalkan countries the importance of collecting and sharing biometric data with…
US federal agencies sued for facial recognition deployment info as UK Commissioner calls for police use rules
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to obtain records relating to their use of biometric facial recognition…
State constitution does not protect against Illinois biometric privacy lawsuit
A Cook County Circuit Judge has rejected a motion to dismiss a Biometric Information Data Privacy (BIPA) suit against Walmart…
Acuant enhances ID capture and biometric liveness detection capabilities
With competition in the ID check and selfie user authentication market growing, Acuant has enhanced the image capture and biometric…
AnyVision exec responds to facial recognition controversy
As biometric companies, particularly those providing facial recognition technology, face scrutiny over their practices and ethics against the backdrop of…
Biometrics research notes: banking, systems, Asian retail and smart tickets
Biometrics systems will generate over $65B by 2024, according to new research, with growth in different areas for different regions….
Sita to launch single-token biometric system at Malaysian airports as data sharing startup Zamna raises $5M
Sita will introduce a single-token biometric system for the full airport traveller journey at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in collaboration…
AI Secure Biometrics enters growing voice recognition market with Auraya partnership
AI Secure Biometrics (AISB) has announced a new advanced voice biometric technology developed in partnership with Auraya Systems to provide…
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