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Clearview AI agrees to delete facial images from biometric service, Canada excluded

Biometric facial recognition company Clearview AI has allegedly agreed to delete some of its data through an opt-out system, but…

 

EU regulators warns facial recognition in law enforcement, commercial settings may be illegal

The European Data Protection Board is worried about the legality of the use of biometric services such as Clearview AI…

 

Abu Dhabi Airport deploys gesture recognition to elevators to prevent COVID-19 spread

Abu Dhabi International Airport has deployed touchless gesture recognition technology to 53 elevators to prevent the spread of the COVID-19…

 

Panasonic i-PRO introduces automated video identity redaction solution

Panasonic Public Safety Solutions Division, part of Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions, is now offering an identity redaction tool which automates…

 

Maryland law prohibits face-scanning during job interviews without consent

Beginning October 1, it will be illegal for a company to use biometric facial recognition during the process of interviewing…

 

Haryana reinstatement of biometric authentication for state aid upheld by state high court

A legal challenge of the use of biometrics for distribution of rations and other state aid in the Indian state…

 

Plans for digital identity provider participation in UK government system partially revealed

Indications of the UK Government Digital Service’s (GDS’s) plans for digital identity after the expected sunset of its Gov.uk Verify…

 

BIO-key to offer full biometric authentication stack with $2.5M PistolStar acquisition

BIO-key has reached an agreement to acquire enterprise authentication provider PistolStar for $2.5 million in cash, with plans to integrate the…

 

Persona facial recognition and biometric liveness secure scale-up of Umbrella volunteer base

Facial biometrics and liveness checks from Persona have been integrated with volunteer network Umbrella’s platform to provide online identity verification as…

 

Proposal would ban warrantless facial biometrics on U.S. police body cameras, use on protestors questioned

Among the changes proposed in The Justice in Policing Act recently unveiled by House Democrats in the U.S. is a ban…

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