Face biometrics-based door unlocking may be coming to cruise ship bedrooms aboard Royal Caribbean ships, based on a patent application…
Articles By Katya Pivcevic
Katya Pivcevic wrote for Biometric Update from October, 2020 until November, 2021, while living in the UK.
Trulioo pitches Champions of Trust to build digital identity foundations
A new type of compliance, risk and IT security leader, the ‘Champion of Trust’ is labelled a rising force of…
Beyond Identity, BIO-key channel partnerships to boost enterprise access control
Passwordless digital identity management company Beyond Identity has announced a strategic partnership with cloud-based delivery consultant Atlas Identity to deliver BI solutions…
Government digital identity plans advance amid scepticism, lack of awareness
Britons do not feel well informed about common digital identity and biometrics, according to a recently published survey into opinions…
Support for innovation, regulatory pressure spur biometric payments expansion
A new partnership, solution and regulatory rule indicate the expansion of biometric authentication for payments, with Liquid Avatar, India’s Wibmo…
Veridas selfie biometrics approved for remote public sector services in Spain
Veridas is the first Spanish company to certify technology for the verification of remote identity in the Spanish Public Administration,…
What is China’s new data privacy law hoping to achieve?
The first of November marked the beginning of an apparent regulatory crackdown on data privacy violations in China, as the…
Australia voter ID transformation proposed, risks disenfranchizing voters
The Australian government is following the UK government in proposing new laws around voter identity authentication at election polling stations…
B-Secur raises $12M to bring heartbeat biometrics to US market
Northern Irish leader in ECG monitoring and biometric authentication, B-Secur, has raised US$12 million, and announced its intention to accelerate…
UK’s Government Digital Service gains funding for biometrics, SSO in Autumn budget
The first public prototype of the UK government’s digital identity system One Login is due to be available in April…