DHS proposed biometrics collection expansion comment period ends with wave of criticism
The World Privacy Forum and the American Civil Liberties Union are among groups calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland…
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Chinese draft data protection law specifies biometrics as sensitive private data
A draft of China’s proposed personal data law has reached the first review stage in the country’s legislature, Global Times reports,…
Saving trust in digital identity will take transparency and decentralization
This is a guest post by Ivar Wiersma, Head of Venture Development at R3 Throughout recent years, we’ve seen organisations…
Some fever cam makers reportedly scamming buyers with poor biometric tools
A video surveillance publication is putting makers of questionable biometric fever cameras on notice. It alleges that it has dug…
Nigeria prospecting for electronic voting technology provider
Africa’s largest democracy, Nigeria, says it is in search of a voting technology supplier in order to take a step…
Papua New Guinea mobile biometric voter enrollment trial with Credence ID successful
Papua New Guinea is set to employ an upgraded biometric voter registration system as the country looks forward to its…
Pakistan deploys facial recognition to secure borders, biometric prisoner identification ordered
Pakistan Customs will put in place a National Targeting Centre (NTC) using biometrics to identify and profile risky goods and…
Universities to research behavioral biometrics as passive authentication layer
The University of Louisville (UofL) in Kentucky will conduct research into the use of behavioral and typing biometrics as a…
Manufacturing of Zwipe biometric payment cards for Middle East banks begins
Zwipe will jointly deliver Zwipe Pay ONE to banks across the Middle East with partner Inkript under a newly launched…
ID R&D text independent voice biometrics integrated with Red Box for contact center authentication
ID R&D’s text independent voice biometrics have been integrated with Red Box Coversa to lower the barriers to using customers’…
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