Biometrics industry expert Eric Hess joins SAFR executive team
SAFR from RealNetworks announced the appointment of Eric Hess as Senior Director of Product Management. Hess is expected to lead…
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Police use of facial biometrics raising privacy concerns, calls for regulation in Canada, Scotland
Law enforcement agencies around the world have been showing keen interest in biometric facial recognition, but privacy advocates fear the…
Guyana to launch biometric national ID card, Portugal and Jamaica digital ID plans advance
Guyana’s government is planning to include biometrics among the security features of a new national ID card for use with…
NIST rolls up its sleeves to test facial recognition used for biometric entry and exit program
The federal government’s chief technology standards body is working with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency to test facial…
Nok Nok Labs announces biometric FIDO-certified IoT SDK for strong authentication
Nok Nok Labs has introduced Nok Nok IoT SDK, a multi-factor FIDO-based strong authentication solution for standalone and cloud-connected IoT…
LG CNS collaborates with SenseTime on biometric entry service unaffected by masks
LG subsidiary LG CNS announced it has deployed artificial intelligence-based biometric facial recognition technology from Chinese company SenseTime on 26…
ISO and IEC introduce new international standards for interoperability in biometrics
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has published new international standards to ensure security, compatibility and interoperability of biometric data interchange…
BioCatch acquires AimBrain’s multi-modal biometric authentication platform
BioCatch has purchased AimBrain’s multi-modal biometric authentication platform and will integrate it with its next-generation behavioral biometrics platform to strengthen…
Goodix patent behind infringement complaint against Egis Technology ruled invalid by CNIPA
Egis Technology is looking for a quick dismissal of the patent infringement lawsuit Goodix filed against it last year. According…
Crif acquires digital onboarding and biometric recognition firm Inventia
Crif announced it has finalized the purchase of all shares in Inventia, a digital onboarding, video biometric recognition and video…
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