UK Government Digital Service reviews landscape for agency use of biometrics and emerging digital tech
The UK Government Digital Service (GDS) unit has published a policy paper reviewing the government’s efforts to adopt emerging digital…
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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.
Societe Generale introduces biometric technology for online account opening
French multinational bank Societe Generale has announced a new capability which allows customers to open an account online with biometric…
Fingerprint Cards identifies 3 market segments as strategic priorities after MWC Shanghai
A full array of biometric solutions featured by Fingerprint Cards at the recent 2018 Mobile World Congress Shanghai indicates its…
UIDAI announces September 15 deadline for telecoms to implement Aadhaar facial biometrics
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced that the roll-out of biometric facial recognition for Aadhaar will begin September…
SureID emerges from acquisition and reorganization with new head office and GM
After a major acquisition and team reorganization, SureID with a new General Manager and a new corporate office located in…
Gait recognition could provide biometric cryptography to protect wearable data transmission
The limited computational power of body sensor network (BSN) devices such as wearables makes it difficult to secure the sensitive…
FaceFirst facial recognition coming to thousands of U.S. retail locations
Facial recognition systems using software from FaceFirst have been deployed to “hundreds of [retail] locations, growing to thousands very soon,”…
Apple patent published for optical 3D fingerprint biometric system
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application by Apple for an optical 3D fingerprint biometric system,…
Entrust Datacard strategic investment and acquisition boosts pattern analysis and European footprint
Entrust Datacard has announced a strategic investment in cloud security company CensorNet to further its efforts to provide real-time threat…
U.S. House Rep calls on DoJ to investigate law enforcement use of facial recognition
A member of the U.S. House of Representatives has requested the Department of Justice hold an inquiry into the use…
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