NTIA finalizes commercial facial recognition code of conduct
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) finalized its privacy guidelines for the commercial use of facial recognition last week….
Articles By Rawlson King
Rawlson O’Neil King is a contributing editor at BiometricUpdate.com and is an experienced communications professional, management consultant, trade journalist and author who recently published a book about control and electronic networks and who has written numerous articles in trade publications and academic journals about smart home and building technologies. (He is currently on leave)
MorphoTrak hosts annual users conference with identification theme
MorphoTrak held its the 37th annual MorphoTrak Users Conference in Costa Mesa, California in May. MorphoTrak, and its parent company…
FBI has access to 412 million images for facial recognition
According to a new report issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has…
U.S. intelligence community examining video analytics
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), a division of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, will host…
W3C releases working draft of web authentication specification
W3C released its first public working draft of its Web authentication API for accessing scoped credentials in May. The World…
Paytm to launch Indian bank using mobile technology, biometrics
In 2015, Paytm received a license from the Reserve Bank of India to start India’s first payments bank. The bank…
Swirlds unveils new identity management system and wins new funding
Swirlds today launched its hashgraph distributed consensus platform for cryptocurrencies, free for public download and use by developers. Swirlds will…
Groups oppose privacy exemption for FBI biometric database
Forty-four privacy, civil liberties, and immigrants’ rights organizations sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week…
Accenture “biometric matching engine” patent wins award
Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, recently recognized its own technological prowess by bestowing one of…
Semlex chosen for new Congolese passport
The Democratic Republic of Congo has chosen Semlex for the establishment of an identification management system and production of the…
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