WFP biometric aid delivery system still not fully launched in Yemen, humanitarian operation in jeopardy
Despite efforts to secure aid delivery with biometrics, United Nations officials say the situation in areas of Yemen controlled by…
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Adequacy of Facebook’s $550M biometric data privacy settlement questioned by overseeing judge
The judge overseeing Facebook’s proposed $550 million settlement of its biometric data privacy class action lawsuit has requested details about…
North Macedonian government partners with Mastercard for distributed digital ID service
Mastercard is working with the government of the Republic of North Macedonia on a suite of digital identity and related…
New York state residents blocked from global trusted traveler programs
Almost 200,000 New York state residents per year will not be allowed to renew their Global Entry passes, as the…
Biometric ID documents available in Ukraine, coming to Kyrgyzstan next year
On February 5, Ukraine started issuing biometric ID cards with a Qualified Electronic Signature (QES), which citizens can use to…
Speechmatics opens third international office to address U.S. speech recognition market
Speechmatics has opened an office in Denver, Colorado, the third international office space the UK-based automated speech recognition software provider…
Police use of facial biometrics draws scrutiny; helps rescue thousands of children in India
Clearview AI has been telling prospective clients that it is offering or planning to offer facial biometric technology to at…
Behavioral biometrics and persona-based security intelligence as a key fraud prevention layer
A number of companies on the market today are exploring behavioral-based security, which relies on an individual’s unique behavior patterns…
Biometrics stocks update: RealNetworks, Nuance, Egis, Synaptics report earnings, Ping presents and Goodix impacted
Continued momentum from its SAFR facial recognition offering helped RealNetworks to $172.1 million in revenue for full-year 2019, the company…
Most consumers open to retail biometrics as alcohol vending machines ruled legal in Florida
A company from South Florida is planning to deploy an automated beer and wine dispensing system that uses biometrics to…
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