Delete one person’s biometric records, German Data Protection Authority orders Clearview AI
Clearview AI will delete an individual from its biometrics database after the Hamburg Data Protection Authority declared the biometric profiles of…
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NEC CTO sees boost to biometrics and AI R&D from pandemic as potential Olympics push looms
NEC Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Motoo Nishihara said the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly increased the speed of development of face…
South Africa expects to finish first phase of biometrics system this year
South African authorities say they plan to have the first component of the Automated Biometrics Identification System (ABIS) in place…
Council of Europe warns against biometrics-based emotion recognition
Face biometrics should not be used to implement evaluations of employees based on emotion recognition, The Council of Europe has…
Pushing ethics up the AI-development chain: Concerns about research funding and training get louder
A trio of recent articles on AI, each from a unique angle, are posing ethics questions that are more fundamental…
Contactless biometric payment startups PopID and PayEye continue expansion efforts
PopID has announced the further expansion of its face biometrics-based payment system in the U.S., the BBC reports. The company’s…
WhatsApp launches biometric authentication to securely link account with web version
Biometric authentication has been added to the web and desktop version of WhatsApp, allowing the messaging app’s 2 billion-plus users…
GBG intelligence center combines biometrics with data analysis to help financials fight ID fraud
GBG has launched an intelligence center to help financial institutions enhance their fraud detection capabilities with its biometrics and data…
VinCSS launches cloud service for passwordless authentication to complete FIDO2 ecosystem
VinCSS has launched a cloud-based passwordless authentication service compliant with FIDO Alliance protocols for enterprises in Vietnam, and eventually worldwide. The authentication-as-a-service…
ID R&D voice biometrics extend WhatsApp for Business capabilities with new partnership
ID R&D has launched in-app voice biometric authentication to WhatsApp for Business in collaboration with partner Wittybots by SimpleTech. The new…
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