CBP meets with privacy advocates again to discuss biometric entry and exit
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have met with privacy advocates for a second time to discuss the controversial…
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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.
Veridium selected to provide biometric employee authentication for Swedish bank
Veridium has announced that Swedish bank Nordea has selected its biometric authentication technology to replace tokens for employee’s high privileged…
SenseTime executive touts advance of AI-based facial recognition technology at EmTech China
Since outperforming human eyes for the first time in 2014, AI-based facial recognition technology has advanced to the point of…
Apple sensor supplier AMS reports huge earnings gain, new deals
Shares of Austrian sensor maker AMS rose ten percent amid heavy losses on global stock exchanges, making it the top…
Jumio report shows digital identity tools could improve online gambling account opening process
More than one in four online gamblers has given up attempting to open an account because the process was too…
Chinese police testing panoramic body cameras with facial recognition
Between three and four thousand police officers in China are piloting panoramic body cameras with built-in facial recognition technology, the…
Survey shows identity management important, but challenging for U.S. Federal IT leaders
Identity management solutions are a “very important” measure for addressing growing cybersecurity threats against government agencies, almost two-thirds (64 percent)…
HID selected by Tanzania to provide technology for electronic passports
The government of Tanzania has selected HID Global as the main supplier for an end-to-end solution for issuing electronic passports….
Softex launches fingerprint-based account access solution for financial industry
Enterprise Single Sign-On, IAM and data protection provider Softex has announced the launch of OmniDefend Customer Verification Service (CVS), along…
Agilysys adds facial recognition to hospitality management system
Hospitality services provider Agilysys has announced the enhancement of its rGuest Stay PMS (property management system) solution with facial recognition…
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