Coursera looks to verify online student identity with photo, keystroke dynamics
Coursera, a social entrepreneurship company that partners with universities to offer free courses online, has announced that students can now…
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Swiss Border Guard head of biometrics and ID to brief on Swiss biometrics at Border Security 2013
Captain Pierre Wuillemin, head of biometrics and identifications at the Swiss Border Guard is set to discuss the country’s current…
NIST announces biometric workshop focused on voice, dental and oral standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced it will host a workshop discussing proposed supplements to the…
Dept. of Food and Civil Supplies to begin issuing biometric ration cards in India, shortly after 150 bogus cards discovered
The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in India will begin issuing photo-biometric ration cards for current Below…
Kenya taps EDAPS for biometric portal
The Kenyan Ministry of Immigration and Registration of Persons has decided to implement biometric identification and verification systems, as well as…
World BORDERPOL Congress looks for speakers, calls for papers
The World BORDERPOL Congress Advisory Committee is inviting abstracts for consideration for inclusion in the World BORDERPOL Congress, Dec. 3-4, 2013…
Human Recognition Systems secures new contracts for London Olympic Park, Athletes Village
Following the successful deployment of Human Recognition Systems’ (HRS) award-winning MSite solution during the London 2012 Olympic Park construction phase,…
Schools in England to be banned from collecting pupil biometrics without parental consent
Schools in England will be banned from collecting students’ biometric data without parental consent starting in September 2013, according to…
Important biometric industry appointments in 2012
Executive appointments, re-appointments and resignations are big news on Wall Street and are a large part of our daily new…
Biometrics Institute warns of threat to privacy in widening access to National Pupil Database
Earlier this month, the Biometrics Institute, an independent international body representing biometrics users, academia and the industry have called for…
