UK Biometrics Commissioner issues consultation responses
A recent UK Home Office consultation sought views on new guidance for police chief constables considering applications from the public…
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement biometrics refers to applications and biometric systems which aid law enforcement agencies. While most often fingerprints, DNA, and in some cases facial recognition, this is a wide-ranging category and can include AFIS, ABIS, mobile identification systems, criminal ID solutions, fingerprint recognition, surveillance, as well as access control systems.
Former Italian Foreign Minister says EU in need of biometrics to monitor migration
EU member states must begin implementing stronger policies to ensure that “foreign fighters” and refugees are carefully monitored to ensure…
Interpol facial recognition experts meet to develop global guidelines
Biometric experts recently gathered at the first meeting of the Interpol Facial Expert Working Group to begin development on international…
secunet wins PKI tender from the Norwegian Police
Secunet has been awarded with a contract in which the Norwegian Police will use secunet’s public key infrastructure as the…
HP implementing surveillance technology for Auckland
New Zealand’s Auckland Transport announced it has commissioned Hewlett-Packard Development Company to implement and install a multi-million dollar surveillance system…
AGNITio executive to present at Biometrics 2014 conference
AGNITiO announced its executive vice president of sales and marketing, Philippe Vinci, will participate on a panel discussion titled What’s…
Pakistan considers biometric-based e-voting, installs biometric system at airports
Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) director Burhan Rasool recently said that biometrics-based electronic voting is definitely possible in Pakistan as…
Spain’s Ministry of Security to implement biometric border control management system
Spain’s Ministry of Security has posted a public tender contract for the supply and installation of a new biometric border…
Neurotechnology releases new biometric video surveillance SDK
Neurotechnology announced it has released VeriLook Surveillance 3.0 software development kit, which provides real-time biometric face identification using live video…
Biometric Update: most popular news for week ending October 19
Here’s a recap of most popular and noteworthy biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics Week…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection