Mall operator suspends use of facial recognition as Canadian privacy commissioners investigate legality
Shopping mall operator Cadillac Fairview has suspended its use of facial recognition in Calgary’s Chinook Centre and Market Mall following…
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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.
SITA automated gates process more than 1.2 million passengers at Moscow airport during World Cup
More than 1.2 million visitors to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) during the 2018 World Cup celebrations were speedily processed by…
NEXT Biometrics makes initial sale of fingerprint readers for India’s Aadhaar
NEXT Biometrics has received initial orders for its Scallop fingerprint readers for use with India’s Aadhaar program, and is expanding…
Crossmatch launches ergonomic mobile FAP 30 PIV fingerprint reader to general availability
The Crossmatch NOMAD 30 Pocket Reader has reached general availability, after being previewed at recent industry events. The mobile single…
Dataram launches portable biometric data encryption device
Enterprise IT and data center solutions provider Dataram Memory has launched a portable biometric security device with an embedded fingerprint…
Recently acquired IntelliVision launches facial recognition as a cloud service
IntelliVision has launched the latest version of its facial recognition technology as a cloud service, in addition to offering it…
Plurilock wins Homeland Security contract to improve IoT security with behavioral biometrics
Plurilock Security Solutions has won a contract for $200,000 from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate…
Doctor Smart and LangNet partner to research healthcare applications of voice recognition
Blockchain-based healthcare platform Doctor Smart and language data crowdsourcing platform LangNet have formed a partnership to work towards applying voice…
BIPA lawsuit against United quashed and new suits filed as harm criteria is clarified
A potential class action suit filed by a former employee of United Airlines under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)…
IDScan.net launches cloud-based facial recognition access control solution
IDScan.net has launched a new computer vision and machine learning-powered facial recognition solution to identify individuals within a venue with…
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