New legislation needed for airport eGate face scanners: Australian Customs
Australia’s federal government is seeking to collect and share biometric data to support new anti-terrorist security measures at airports, according…
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner and it most usually refers to observation of individuals or groups by government organizations. Find surveillance solutions here.
Homeland Security could get more than $25M for IDENT biometric system improvements
The Department of Homeland Security could get more than $25 million for improvements to its Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT)…
Secrecy surrounds government surveillance programs
Lack of accountability is usually a common theme when it comes to camera surveillance, so San Diego’s public disclosure of…
Turkey government to soon monitor displaced Syrians using biometric ID cards
Officials from Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) have successfully managed to complete the biometric registration of 740,000 of…
GM to introduce vehicles with facial recognition technology
General Motors will soon begin offering facial recognition technology as an added feature in their vehicles to prevent drivers from…
AxxonSoft facial recognition solution protects jewelry at Singapore exhibition
AxxonSoft announced that its facial recognition solution was used to protect USD $200 million worth of jewelry at the Singapore…
Fingerprint recognition to protect medical marijuana dispensaries in Illinois
Medical marijuana cultivation centers and dispensaries in Illinois will be safeguarded by advanced security measures, including vaults monitored by security…
Top biometrics news stories, week of August 17
Biometrics Week in Review: Technoglobal acquisition strategy, biometrics for prison management, mobile commerce opportunities, biometrics in banking, South African borders,…
Boston spied, used facial recognition on concertgoers
Recent news reports claim that the City of Boston tested an IBM video mass surveillance system at the Boston Calling…
Credence ID, Fulcrum Biometrics provide mobile biometric solutions for prisons in Mexico and Guatemala
Credence ID and Fulcrum Biometrics announced two new deployments of their combined Android-based mobile biometric equipment and software in Mexico…
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