The politics of facial recognition in the US still swings like pendulum
U.S. privacy advocates scored one of their few recent legislative victories, pushing through a near-total ban on government use of…
Alaska
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8 US states renew contract for NEC’s ABIS services
A consortium of U.S. western states has renewed a multimodal biometric ID system contract with electronics vendor NEC Corporation of…
Alaska bill proposes repeal of Real ID to offer non-biometric driver’s licenses
Proposed legislation in Alaska would repeal the state’s implementation of the Real ID Act, the Tenth Amendment Center writes, setting up a…
Alaska completes biometric database upgrade to solve crimes faster
The department of public safety of the U.S. State of Alaska has announced the completion of a two-year upgrade of…
ImageWare to provide biometric identity management and credentialing software to Alaskan airports
ImageWare Systems has been selected to provide its biometric identity management and credentialing software to five Alaskan airports. Delivery will…
Four states propose legislation regulating collection, retention and use of biometric data
The state governments of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Washington, and Alaska have all proposed bills that would regulate the collection, retention…
WIN using NEC’s biometric technology in cold case investigations
NEC Corporation of America (NEC) announced the results of its Integra ID 5 latent fingerprint matching technologies as measured in…
Alaska Air considers biometrics for boarding
Alaska Airlines is exploring the use of passenger fingerprints as a way of replacing customer boarding passes, according to a…
