Why the latest consultation on UK police biometrics watchdog leaves too many questions
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner How should we regulate the police use of facial recognition…
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Portugal bringing in age checks to restrict social media for teens and children
Countries in the EU are some of the most enthusiastic in wanting to follow Australia’s lead in barring children from…
Idemia PS supplies biometrics to Bahrain for national security, public services
Bahrain is standing up a national biometric system with technology from Idemia Public Security to improve its national security and…
Australian Retail Council says shoppers in favor of facial recognition
More than 80 percent of Australians support the use of facial recognition in retail stores to identify people who have…
EU releases use case manual for PID in EUDI Wallets
The EU estimates that around 400 million users will benefit from identification for online services based on Person Identification Data…
Cyberlinks selects Hancom’s facial recognition for public sector IDV in Japan
South Korean software company Hancom has been contracted by Cyberlinks Co. Ltd to provide its facial recognition system for identity…
Japan issues tender for biometric identification system support
The Ministry of Justice in Tokyo has published a procurement notice for operating support of the Japan Biometric Identification System…
OCR updates ID document authentication toolkit, targets online age verification
The rise of identity document fraud is prompting companies such as OCR Studio to develop new solutions, while issues such…
Next Biometrics enters Malaysian fingerprint market, secures new order in India
Next Biometrics has booked its first ever order to supply fingerprint scanners to Malaysia, and received an additional order from…
US patent for cryptographically bound digital seal granted to Idemia Public Security
Key members of Idemia Public Security’s R&D team have been granted a new U.S. patent for a visible, cryptographically-bound digital…
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- Online Age Assurance
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