High volumes emerging from long-tail fingerprint biometrics projects
Fingerprint biometrics are prominent among the top stories of the week on Biometric Update, between an interview with Idex Biometrics,…
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ID.me picks up Washington employment benefits contract amid heightened scrutiny
Washington’s Employment Security Department is about to be the latest state agency to deploy ID.me’s face biometrics and remote identity…
U.S. states follow BIPA with biometric data privacy proposals
Florida’s House of Representatives has passed a bill to establish a data privacy bill in the state with a right…
FacePhi certified for cybersecurity compliance for all Spanish banks
Spain’s FacePhi has been certified by a Spanish banking association for its cybersecurity and information security credentials, which qualifies FacePhi…
Oracle, NEC tell their lawyers to take a break, settle suit involving biometrics software
There is one fewer courtroom drama involving biometrics. Database software monolith Oracle and Japanese electronics giant NEC have notified a…
Telpo biometric terminals certified for water and dust protection
Telpo has announced that two of its biometric smart terminals have received recognition for their protection against water and dust, which…
Intellicheck enhances document validation in new identity verification platform
Intellicheck has launched a new version of its digital identity verification system to ‘Platform 2.0’ to supplement its biometrics and document…
Turkish biometric system developed by Biyoteksan issues 2M digital ID documents
Turkey’s centralized National Biometric Data Management System has issued more than two million digital ID documents since its launch less…
Identifying ethnicity problematic so scientists write ‘race recognition’ code
An unusually diverse team of researchers say they have created the better human race recognition system. There has been some…
Uzbekistan plans broad facial recognition deployment, social media photos in database
Uzbekistan is in the process of putting in place a system whereby law enforcement authorities will use biometrics such as…
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