US gov’t, Meta go after one another over proposed ‘blanket prohibition’ on face biometrics
Open hostility has broken out in the United States between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission. Ostensibly, the argument is…
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Coinbase sued under Biometric Information Privacy Act
It was a matter of when not if. A cryptocurrency company has been accused of violating the U.S. state of…
Investors are finding deals among biometric verification firms
A pair of corporate finance deals that a year ago would have barely broken the water’s surface are in the…
Aware expects bounce-back after messy fiscal 2022 for biometrics stocks
Executives at biometric authentication software maker Aware say they expect to increase total revenue by at least 15 percent and…
Age check rules meet with pushback from online publishers
Businesses in the North Atlantic economies have few options when it comes to new regulations they do not like. One…
Like a Russian doll, Malaysian ID verifiers collaborate with and buy each other
With its recent buyout, Malaysian ID verifier Innov8tif Holdings says it has a 70 percent market share in the archipelago…
US city ends facial recognition moratorium, considers new rules for police
Having just asserted local control over its police force for the first time in 160 years, the U.S. city of…
Piecemeal update of US military base ID rules continues
The U.S. military is upgrading its digital ID requirements in bits and pieces, including as part of pandemic control. Two…
Rank One joins target group for US federal contracts as job creator
Executives at biometric surveillance company Rank One Computing say the firm has been certified in the United States as locally…
Morocco bringing some courts online with national digital ID
The financial court system of Morocco is preparing for access to the nation’s digital ID program. Understandably, officials with the…
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