Facebook to remove biometric facial recognition for European users
The Irish privacy regulator said late last week that Facebook had agreed to remove biometric facial recognition data collected from…
Commercial Applications
Biometrics are used in retail and customer-facing settings for point-of-sales services such as payments, access control in systems for purposes such as shoplifting prevention, and identification or characteristic analysis for personalization or customer insights. Access control systems are also increasingly used for automated commercial applications, such as hotel check-ins. Typically, these use palm vein, fingerprint, iris recognition, facial recognition.
Biometric Consortium event a success
The Biometric Consortium Conference held last week at the Tampa Convention Center was a success. Co-sponsored by the Armed Forces…
Biometrics market worth between $7 to 8 billion, say research firms
Analysts from Visiongain, an independent market research firm, recently reported that the biometrics market this year would be worth US$7.59…
Minnesota crime lab scrutinized over unreliable fingerprint examination methods
The St. Paul Police Crime Lab in Minnesota is currently subject to extreme scrutiny for not following standard operational procedures…
Life Technologies completes advanced DNA testing facility in China
Life Technologies Corporation, a global biotechnology company, announced last week that is has completed a DNA testing manufacturing facility in…
Sony patent proposes biometric technology to identify users beyond fingerprints
Sony Computer Entertainment, the PlayStation division of the Japanese tech giant Sony, is working on new user identification and tracking…
AOptix Technologies demonstrates InSight Duo
AOptix Technologies demonstrated its InSight Duo product offering for BiometricUpdate.com at the 2012 Biometric Consortium Conference & Biometric Technology Expo…
Precise Biometrics delivering Tactivo units to partners
Thursby Software Systems and an additional recognized partner have together placed orders for over 1,000 Tactivo units from Precise Biometrics…
id3 fingerprint algorithms rank high in NIST tests
id3 Technologies has been ranked number two and three in the MINEX Ongoing tests, a performance demonstrating the high performance…
NYPD using MorphoTrak biometrics data system
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is currently using MorphoBIS, a next generation automated biometric information system from Morpho…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection