Looking for more juice, Precise Biometrics sells a hunk of stock to Egis
After a troubling fiscal 2021, Swedish biometric software maker Precise Biometrics executives have brought on a partner, selling about 12…
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ID.me finds itself accused of biometric data privacy violation
The state of Illinois’ biometric privacy law this week spawned another proposed class action. The plaintiff, a former health care…
US biometric kiosks grow from airports to GSA credentialling
As the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency moves more “touchless, receiptless” travel kiosks at airports, the Government Services Administration…
India ticks off analysts’ steps to a digital public infrastructure
The World Economic Forum has published a bulletized list of insights for getting an effective digital public infrastructure out of…
Judge to Amazon’s Ring: Not so fast. Your patent application needs a look-see
It is too early to strike the allegations in court that Ring doorbells record anyone in visual or hearing range…
Ignoring race in health care AI solves nothing. There is a better option
Talk about a contrarian stance. A stats-and-analysis team from RAND Corp. says predicting a patient’s race and ethnicity can result…
San Diego finds a compromise on biometric surveillance, but skeptics remain
An accommodation between the right to privacy and the government’s duty to protect has been reached on the use of…
FacePhi biometrics sales soar nearly 90% in busy first half
Face biometrics provider FacePhi says sales grew almost 90 percent in the most recent six months compared to the first…
ZKTeco looks to international business strength for a $238.4M IPO in China
Executives with biometrics and access control vendor ZKTeco have set their sights on a 1.61 billion-yuan (US$238.4 million) haul with…
Morocco tenders for face biometrics to deploy throughout updated airport
The government of Morocco is looking for a contractor to install facial recognition systems in that nation’s Rabat-Sale Airport. It…
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