The Virginia Privacy Act, a new law for employers using biometrics, and several other proposed bills related to privacy are…
Workforce Management
Biometrics-based workforce management or time and attendance refers to systems installed in workplaces or institutions which record biometrics (fingerprint, facial recognition, iris, voice, etc.) to monitor the attendance of workers. Find workforce management solutions here.
Biometric surveillance, access control and workforce management on display at Intersec 2020
Vivotek has partnered with CyberLink to equip its IP surveillance solutions with CyberLink’s FaceMe AI facial recognition engine. The Taiwanese…
Biometrics vendors increasingly targeted by data privacy act plaintiffs, and other defendants too
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against fingerprint and background check service provider Biometric Impressions for allegedly failing…
Biometric scanners track police officers at work in the Philippines, Canada
Police officers in Manila will from now on be monitored with a biometric fingerprint system for attendance to prevent repeated…
Indian states deploy facial recognition for election polls, biometric attendance system in schools
The State Election Commission (SEC) in India’s Telangana state is piloting facial recognition technology in upcoming elections for Urban Local…
AboutTime releases facial recognition sign-in to track mobile employees
AboutTime Technologies has added facial recognition to mobile workforce management tool WorkMax TIME for accurate and automated employee time tracking,…
Facebook files biometric privacy suit appeal with Federal Supreme Court as Walmart tries novel defence
Facebook has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue of “standing” in the class-action suit against it under Illinois’…
Kronos wins reduction of biometric data privacy suit scope amid shifting legal landscape
Biometrics vendors have notched another victory in the tsunami of lawsuits filed under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), as…
New enterprise biometric security devices launched by Akuvox and Kronos
A pair of new devices have been launched to the enterprise security market, one offering biometrics for building entry and…
AWS sued under Illinois biometric privacy rules for providing third-party storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the latest biometrics vendor to be targeted by potential class action litigation under Illinois’ biometric…
