Insider perspectives and government engagement top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Insider perspectives on biometric security, and airport and event applications were the top theme of the week for the most…
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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.
Aruba and WTTC partner to extend biometrics beyond airport to car rentals and hotels
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Aruba have agreed to partner on a trial project to allow travelers…
Startup Incode gets $10M in seed funding and launches biometric omnichannel ID platform
A new player has joined the digital identity market, as Incode has announced the launch of its omnichannel biometric identity…
NEC revealed as provider of biometric facial recognition services for Australian Federal Police
The biometric analysis platform used by Australian Federal Police (AFP) is NEC’s NeoFace, a report from ZDNet has revealed. An…
JCB launches biometric fingerprint device with FPC sensor for payment authentication
JCB has partnered with Sony Imaging to offer a fingerprint scanner to support biometric authentication for the QUICPay digital payment…
Facebook to appeal to Supreme Court for biometric privacy suit dismissal
Facebook will appeal to the Supreme Court in its Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) suit, seeking to have the potential…
TigerIT and Renesas develop biometric privacy solution for Aadhaar
Bangladesh-based IT company TigerIT and Renesas Semiconductors have developed a solution consisting of both hardware and software it says can…
Onfido releases Global Fraud Index and Socure commits to eliminate digital identity fraud ahead of Money 20/20
Roughly 1 percent of $5 trillion a year in global fraud is recovered by authorities, according to Onfido’s inaugural Global…
BIO-key CEO says FBI guidance sets up a wave of enterprise biometric MFA adoption
The Federal Bureau of Investigations’ recently announced guidance for U.S. businesses that multi-factor authentication (MFA) requires physical or behavioral biometrics…
Netherlands stands up Biometrics Standards Committee as UK adds new ethics group members
A pair of European government bodies have boosted their biometrics governance initiatives; one for international engagement, and one for national…
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