Bar for UK crimes prosecuted with live facial recognition could get much lower
Pledges by the UK government that its use of biometric data in law enforcement would be limited to, for example,…
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Facial recognition used to streamline roll call in Brazil schools
The school roll call as most know it is being transformed by face biometrics. In Paraná, Brazil, over 200,000 students…
BioID liveness detection to be used in Bavarian social robot study
BioID‘s biometric liveness detection technology will be used to enhance the social capabilities of “humanoid” social robots for a study…
Lawmakers in Egypt and US addressing AML and KYC
U.S. and Egyptian officials are pushing for AML and KYC regulation to combat fraud and other illicit financial flows, though…
Vendor claims 3-year ROI on retail facial recognition deployment
Amid a worrying rise in retail crime, retailers are adopting facial biometrics as a preventive measure. A case study from…
NXP Semiconductors explores chip-based biometric authentication with India’s UIDAI
In an interview with Times of India, Hitesh Garg, VP and country manager of NXP Semiconductors India, disclosed that NXP…
Still dealing with leak fallout, NADRA officials resist investigations
There appears to be no central government policy in Pakistan for how to handle a catastrophic divulging and selling of…
Kenya targets Feb. 2024 for new digital ID rollout, sign-up optional
The Kenyan government says it plans to register all citizens for a new digital ID program by the end of…
Philippines urged to consider biometric voter authentication during 2025 polls
The Commission on Elections of the Philippines (Comelec) is seeking to upgrade its election management system with the procurement of…
Mobile authentication startup sees revenue of $40M in 2025
A biometric mobile authentication startup in London and India is predicting its revenue will grow 66 percent between now and…
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