Facebook adds $100M to biometric privacy settlement in attempt to satisfy skeptical judge
Facebook has added $100 million to its proposed settlement in a Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuit, Fortune reports. The…
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ID4Africa webinar shows gradual shift of digital ID systems in Africa towards individual control beginning
Should national identity schemes, biometrics-backed or otherwise, use a single unique digital ID number to identify people for different services,…
Onfido’s biometric authentication chosen by Polish bank for onboarding, KYC, founder steps away
Poland-based Alior Bank has chosen Onfido facial biometrics for digital identity verification to streamline its digital onboarding and KYC processes,…
New Yorkers eligible for DHS biometric travel programs again after Green Light law data sharing amended
After initially banning New York residents from biometric processing under the Trusted Traveler Program (TTP) in February, the U.S. Department…
PayByFace launches touchless payments with facial biometrics to coffee chain in Romania
PayByFace has launched a biometric facial recognition-based payments system to Tucano Coffee shops in Bucharest in collaboration with Romanian online card…
BioConnect takes $1.5M loan and joins accelerator program to maintain biometric security momentum
Toronto-based biometrics provider BioConnect has secured a CA$2 million (US$1.5 million) loan from BDC Capital to support its continued operations…
Body temperature scanning system now offered by 170 companies, many with biometric facial recognition
There are now roughly 170 companies selling body temperature scanning and other fever-detection technologies to facilitate safe returns to normal…
Vsblty, Teralight the latest to target Smart Cities opportunity with biometric surveillance, analytics
Vsblty Groupe Technologies Corp., a provider of biometrics and other security and retail marketing technology, announced a partnership with Teralight Group,…
From stateless to self-sovereign: A project that gives life-long identity to the world’s invisibles beginning at birth
This is a guest post by Alex Andrade-Walz, Director of Marketing at Evernym, a leader in verifiable credential technology. There…
Biometrics in counter-terrorism report raises human rights, ethical issues
A new report on extreme surveillance and biometric data collection in the process of countering terrorism, and how human rights…
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