UK Home Office issues tender for biometric testing and development services
The UK Home Office Biometrics (HOB) Programme has issued a tender for design and operation of its biometric performance test…
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UK Home Office Biometrics Strategy draws further criticism for lack of oversight recommendations
The UK Home Office’s Biometrics Strategy continues to draw criticism for its proposed expansion of the technology’s use, without corresponding…
UN privacy rapporteur criticizes accuracy and proportionality of Wales police use of facial recognition
Joseph Cannataci, UN special rapporteur on the right to privacy, has lauded progress by the UK government in creating oversight…
Hoyos launches hack challenge for biometric crypto wallet
Hoyos Integrity Corporation has announced a Global Hacker Challenge, worth a possible $100 million, though the company’s CEO expects no…
Police use of facial recognition to identify Maryland mass shooting suspect ignites debate
The suspect arrested at the scene of the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland was identified by…
UK Home Office biometrics strategy underwhelms after 6 year wait
The UK Home Office has published its long-awaited biometrics strategy. The 27-page document (PDF) sets out a framework for use…
Privacy and personal identity could be impossible to protect: 3 in 4 cybersecurity professionals
Privacy and personal identity could be impossible to protect according to nearly three out of four cybersecurity professionals, a research…
Potential breakthrough in infant biometrics heads for trial in Kenya after ID4Africa appeal
Infants born to mothers with HIV have between a 15 and 45 percent chance of contracting the virus if they…
Biometrics Institute and UNCTED launch guide to biometrics adoption for counter-terrorism
The Biometrics Institute has signed an Arrangement on Cooperation with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) to promote…
YITU takes top spot on NIST Facial Recognition Vendor Test leaderboard
YITU Technology has taken first place on the NIST facial recognition testing leaderboard for the second year in a row,…
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