Facebook appeals class action certification of BIPA lawsuit
Facebook is appealing the decision by U.S. District Court Judge James Donato that complainants in a lawsuit filed against 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.
UNHCR working with Ecuador to support issuance of biometrics-based ID cards to refugees
Ecuador’s government is providing its refugee population with Ecuadorian ID cards to facilitate access to jobs, banking, and other services…
NIST N2N Challenge shows progress towards operator-free rolled fingerprint enrollment
The assistance of a trained device operator may soon not be necessary for obtaining high-quality rolled fingerprints, due to improvements…
False positives draw criticism of Wales police facial recognition use as Scotland considers iris biometrics
South Wales police have admitted that of the 2,470 people identified as possible matches with criminals on file out of…
OpenMedReady framework to use fingerprint biometrics in remote patient monitoring
A collaborative effort by Arm, ForgeRock, Phillips, Qualcomm Life, and startups Sparsa and US TrustedCare to enable trustworthy data sourcing…
Ticketmaster to trial facial recognition for event access
Ticketmaster is planning to implement facial recognition technology for uses including admission to event venues, VentureBeat reports. Texas-based startup Blink…
Yoti and CitizenCard launch new UK ID card for young people
A new digital ID card is being launched by Yoti and CitizenCard in the UK to give young people a…
Danal announces new partnerships, adds strategic investor
Mobile identity company Danal has announced a pair of new partnerships, bringing its mobile phone identity and authentication platform to…
Mitek selected by BTCDirect cryptocurrency platform for biometric onboarding
Mitek has been chosen to provide digital onboarding for bitcoin broker platform BTCDirect, to help it deal with surging demand…
MatchMove adds facial verification to fintech platform onboarding process
Fintech firm MatchMove has added facial verification to its proprietary Banking Wallet OSTM to provide a responsive and less intrusive…
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