NEC facial recognition border tech for Kenya as airport biometrics rollouts continue
Airport biometrics use continues to expand rapidly all around the world, with a series of new deployments announced and detailed….
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Airport biometrics implementations for Digi Yatra, TSA, CBP, Australia Border Force advance
Three gates from NEC with facial recognition are being launched at Lohegaon airport in Pune, India as part of the…
WTTC and Sita encourage collaboration for unified biometric travel as systems expand
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) wants to bring the sector together to develop a single biometric identifier for…
Panasonic to supply biometric ABC gates for Japan airports as FTE Global 2019 kicks off
Panasonic Corporation is providing more of its biometric facial recognition gates to new airports in Japan for use in new…
Facial recognition lobbying up 4X in last 6 months as government activity increases
Disclosure forms indicate that lobbying in Washington, D.C. for biometric facial recognition by the travel security industry has increased by…
U.S. House Committee in talks to restrict federal funding for facial biometrics
The U.S. House Oversight Committee is considering placing a moratorium on funding for any new or expanded use of biometric…
Industry groups criticize facial recognition hysteria
SIA (Security Industry Association) has published a report to combat misconceptions and provide perspective on facial biometrics while the Information…
Facial recognition for travel and onboarding top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Stories on biometrics use cases from flight boarding to onboarding, and surveillance to aid delivery made up the most-read news…
Tascent facial recognition excels at DHS 2019 Biometric Technology Rally
Tascent has delivered the highest biometric facial recognition accuracy, highest efficiency, and highest customer satisfaction among all 14 leading competitors…
CBP publishes draft tender for facial recognition services for Biometric Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking a vendor to help upgrade its system to process all passenger applications…
