In US and Europe, biometric data exchange key to stopping human trafficking
A new agreement between Costa Rica and the U.S. under the Department of Homeland Security’s Biometric Information Sharing Partnerships (BDSP)…
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UK PM endorses live facial recognition in pre-election stump speech
With great danger comes technological innovation, says UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a keynote speech for the Policy Exchange…
US meat industry says biometric age verification can prevent ID fraud, child labor
Showing how the breadth of use cases for biometric age verification continues to expand into new corners of industry, the…
China approves two Tesla models on privacy and data protection compliance
Tesla’s handling of personal biometric data is good enough for China, according to a report from the South China Morning…
Chinese researchers test point cloud-based facial age estimation process
A team out of Peking University has published a paper in Science China Life Sciences on “establishing a deep learning…
Digital identity resurfaces in updated US cybersecurity plan, but not much is new
The U.S. government has released the second version of its National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSIP), and digital ID has…
AG coalition tells feds to keep its hands off state-level privacy laws
If anything unites the States, it is that none of them like to be told what to do, and that…
Tidal wave of financial fraud gaining momentum from AI, deepfakes
Mitek Systems Inc. has released the results of its Identity Intelligence Index 2024, shaking loose many of the familiar specters…
Ofcom’s new Children’s Safety Codes require “highly effective age checks”
Ofcom has dropped the proverbial hammer on age-sensitive internet services, releasing an update that sets out more than 40 practical…
Thai government to collect iris and face biometrics from Myanmar nationals
Thailand has launched a program to collect the iris and face biometrics of people from Myanmar, in what the government…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection