Amazon calls for federal regulation of facial recognition and national data protection law
“Governments should work quickly to put in place a regulatory framework for facial recognition technology,” according to one of a…
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.
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Biometrics Institute turns 18 and launches Good Practice Framework
The Biometrics Institute is celebrating the 18th anniversary of its establishment by launching a new framework for organizations to use…
Gaming manufacturers bringing facial biometrics to Vegas industry event
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Breached license plate recognition provider back to work for CBP
Perceptics, the automated license plate reader company that suffered a massive breach of data it had collected under contract to…
Unisys selected to compete for facial recognition and AI contracts from U.S. health department
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Unisys a contract to potentially provide biometric facial recognition…
Afghanistan Attorney General probes slow transfer of vote data from biometric devices
The Attorney General of Afghanistan will question the head of IT for the Independent Election Commission (IEC) over the agency’s…
Trueface biometrics to help identify and reunite Hurricane Dorian victims
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KNWN facial recognition to secure authentication for Spend.com app
Spend.com is planning to integrate biometrics and artificial intelligence from KNWN to provide continuous identity authentication, protection and access from…
Mühlbauer helps Uganda reach 30M biometric registrations, details Mozambique and Fiji projects
Secure document company Mühlbauer has revealed details of three of its national identification system projects, saying it has extended biometric…
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