Scottish schools serving up fresh privacy debate for lunch with facial recognition payment
Pupils at nine schools in Scotland have started paying for school lunches via facial recognition, thought to be the first…
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Jumio reports strong growth in government, healthcare, AML and channel
Jumio reports a 130 percent increase in new business in its fiscal third quarter of 2021, compared the same period a…
Microsoft rights review of public contracts to include surveillance technology
Microsoft has agreed to a shareholder proposal to have about 16 of its current contracts with the U.S. government, law…
BioCatch COO takes CEO role to continue behavioral biometrics expansion
BioCatch Chief Operating Officer Gadi Mazor has been promoted to the company’s chief executive officer role, under the behavioral biometrics…
Facial recognition market to surpass $10B by 2028 – report
The global facial recognition market size is projected to reach $10.2 billion by 2028, according to new data from Verified…
ID4Africa looks to expand ranks of digital ID Ambassadors
ID4Africa has announced commencement of the application process for its 2022 class of Ambassadors, with a disclosure that the digital…
Patients not anti-face biometrics, but won’t tolerate privacy missteps — research
A U.S. study probing the acceptability of using face biometrics for medical research shows that participants are worried about identification…
Pakistan blocks 732K SIMs issued without biometrics, Nigeria registers 180M
Pakistan says it has blocked 732,000 SIM cards that were registered without the owners going through the required biometric verification…
Benefits of online identity verification for aviation companies
By Dmitri Laush, CEO of GetID The global pandemic hit the global aviation industry pretty hard. According to Statista, in…
FIDO Alliance launches habit change authentication barometer, certification
The FIDO Alliance, which strives for a passwordless world via addressing interoperability among strong authentication devices, launches a new tool…
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