Kenya austerity measures affect biometric voter management system budget
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya (IEBC) has cried out that supplementary budget cuts instructed by the President…
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Coppernic biometric tablets selected for Guinea scholarship program modernization
Coppernic has announced its involvement in the modernization of a foreign studies scholarship program for the west African nation of…
Assa Abloy acquires another physical access control provider
Assa Abloy has acquired Austria-headquartered physical access control systems maker Skidata to expand its portfolio and global presence. Skidata’s portfolio…
NZ police struggle to delete unlawfully collected images
Three years after New Zealand law enforcement agencies were ordered to delete tens of thousands of photos of children and…
NZ’s face biometrics system sees zero uptake from govt agencies
A project in New Zealand that makes face biometrics technology available to public institutions and approved private organizations has had…
CISA, FLETC failed to protect law enforcement officers’ PII, other data
Two important arms of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to protect personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive…
Digital Identity as a vehicle for financial inclusion
By Lance Fanaroff iiDENTIFii co-founder Across the world, governments and companies are looking for vehicles for financial inclusion. From banking…
Facial recognition and AI monitoring deployed in India’s largest railway network
India’s rail networks are adding AI and facial recognition systems to their stations, part of a growing biometrics and surveillance…
Biometrics investors pursue scale, sustainability balance
Budgets for biometrics and government digital ID programs made up the main theme of the most-read news items on Biometric…
New FaceTec CLO among avalanche of appointments in biometrics and fraud protection
New executives have been named by biometrics providers FaceTec, Pindrop and Fingerprint Cards, along with C-level appointments by Prove and…
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