Tactilis acquisition by Global Invacom Group falls apart
Global Invacom Group (GInva) and biometric smart card maker Tactilis have mutually agreed to end the planned acquisition of the…
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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.
FBI not following GAO recommendations for face biometrics but expanding iris recognition work
A series of six recommendations made by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the FBI in May, 2016 to…
EU Parliament approves unified biometric and biographic database of 350 million people
The European Union Parliament has voted to approve the Common Identity Repository (CIR) to aggregate the biographic and biometric data…
Alipay launches new biometric facial recognition POS device with $450M incentive program
Alipay has launched a new version of its Dragonfly facial recognition-powered point-of-sale system, and plans to spend CNY3 billion (US$450…
Amazon secures delivery contractor accounts with biometric facial verification
Delivery drivers for Amazon Flex are new required by the company to verify their identity by taking a selfie for…
Proposed Washington State facial recognition and data privacy law stalls in House
A proposed data privacy bill supported by Microsoft has Washington State’s failed to reach a vote in the lower house…
Kairos renews RapidAPI partnership with new usage plan for developers integrating facial biometrics
Kairos has renewed a partnership with API marketplace RapidAPI to provide developers the company’s deep-learning algorithms to enable them to…
IDEMIA launches mobile biometric fingerprint scanner for law enforcement
IDEMIA has launched a new handheld wireless device for law enforcement officers to perform fast biometric fingerprint identification in the…
IARPA expands research on protecting AI systems from tampering
The U.S. government’s Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is planning a pair of programs to prevent training data from…
Illinois biometric privacy lawsuits against employers continue as proposed amendment stalls
Numerous biometric data privacy infringement cases continue to wind their ways through U.S. state courts, and are unlikely to stop…
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