Thai agency proposes DNA biometrics database for police
A Thai forensics agency under the country’s Justice Ministry is proposing the creation of a national DNA hub that will…
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Paravision and HID Global co-developing new line of face biometric solutions
A new partnership has been formed between Paravision and HID Global to combine the former’s facial recognition and biometric liveness…
US oversight committee wants answers on ID.me biometric accuracy, contracts and more
The leaders of the U.S. House Oversight Committee have penned a lengthy letter to ID.me, The Washington Post reports, to inquire…
More automatic forensic biometric data sharing proposed for privacy-focused Europe
In another example of how sentiment about privacy is complex if not chaotic at the moment, European politicians are considering…
US continues lively debate over facial recognition and biometrics in law enforcement
Lawmakers in the state of Virginia debating the continued use of facial recognition by police and a paper presented by…
Zwipe chosen for Jordanian biometric payment cards pilot, integrated for access control
Zwipe has been chosen by CSC-Jordan to pilot the Jordanian financial company’s biometric payment cards built on the Zwipe Pay platform….
Nigeria’s biometric voter system detects over 1M invalid entries
Nigeria’s National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that more than one million enrollments on the biometric Register of Voters,…
Jumio appoints new CTO, opens Innovation Lab in San Diego
Jumio brings on Stuart Wells as its new chief technology officer and cuts the ribbon for its Innovation Lab in San…
A UK regulator and former Chinese prisoner speak out on autocratic biometric surveillance
Days after the United Kingdom’s biometrics surveillance regulator asked a Chinese camera maker to publicly clarify its participation in the…
UK government opens bid for mobile fingerprint biometric enrollment devices
The British government published a request for tender seeking £450,000 (approximately $588,000) worth of mobile biometric enrollment devices to decrease…
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