Internet Association says Facebook BIPA suit could chill biometrics use
The Internet Association has thrown its support behind Facebook in its ongoing BIPA lawsuit over the social media platform’s faceprint…
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Yoti to provide facial recognition for age verification in UK supermarkets
Retail self checkout machine maker NCR has announced the integration of facial recognition technology from Yoti with its “FastLane” tills,…
Survey shows half of U.S. customers would use biometrics at bank branch
Nearly half of U.S. bank customers would feel secure using biometrics for authentication at a bank branch, in one of…
Facial recognition deployed for curb to gate automation at Shanghai airport, planned for Heathrow
Self-service facial recognition kiosks have been deployed at Shanghai Hangqiao International Airport for flight and baggage check-in, security clearance, and…
Acuant to provide document and biometric verification for onboarding provider Veridate
Financial services onboarding provider Veridate Financial has selected biometric and document verification technology from Acuant to integrate with its end-to-end…
Lightspeed Technology announces new interface for face and iris biometrics
Lightspeed Technology has announced the development of a user interface module to support mass deployment of its face and iris…
Israel’s fingerprint identification system failing border and police checks at high rates
A committee reviewing Israel’s Biometric Database Law says that the fingerprint identification system is suffering high rates of failure when…
Illinois Supreme Court ruling to clarify legal harm of biometric collection procedure violations
A suit against Six Flags Entertainment Corp. for violating the consent requirements of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is…
Researchers suggest biometrics among technologies that could secure Social Security numbers
The U.S. government should modernize the Social Security number (SSN) by encrypting it with biometrics or other mechanisms in order…
Apple patents voice biometrics-based device access system
Apple has patented a system for electronic “(d)evice access using voice authentication,” which would allow users to unlock a device…
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