More challenges for biometric voter rolls as partnerships bring authentication options to African market
Digital ID in West African elections leads the biometrics agenda in Africa this week as neighbors Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire…
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Surround surveillance: Hexagon AB adds another dimension with Tacticaware deal
Hexagon AB, a provider of sensor, software and autonomous transportation solutions, announced the acquisition of Tacticaware, a provider of LiDAR-based…
European Association for Biometrics responds to regulators’ paper with clarifications, call for collaboration
A regulator’s paper on biometrics is riddled with inaccuracies, misrepresentations and contradictions, according to a point-by-point refutation written in response…
Bids for India’s national biometric facial recognition system pushed back for tenth time
Bids from biometrics providers for India’s Automated Facial Recognition System were expected to received by the National Crime Records Bureau…
Palm biometrics coming to South Korea’s Jeju International Airport, planned for every service
South Korea’s Jeju International Airport will implement palm biometric authentication to support the One ID initiative for seamless and contactless…
Criminal suspect nabbed at U.S. border with Integrated Biometrics fingerprint scanner
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the capture of a fugitive based on biometric identification with the Kojak…
International Face Performance Conference (IFPC) 2020
International Face Performance Conference (IFPC) 2020 Online October 27-29, 2020 NIST has announced the IFPC 2020, which is focused on…
Serb biometric surveillance raising alarms; Chinese systems play into regional insecurities
A small online publisher in far southern Europe reports that individual privacy rights are being ignored in Serbia as advanced…
Maine city bans local police and government use of biometric facial recognition pending referendum
Biometric facial recognition cannot be used by municipal agencies in Portland, Maine, after its City Council unanimously approved an ordinance…
Global ID files patent application for 3D vein biometrics in U.S. after developing solutions for banks
Global ID has filed a patent application for a biometric 3D finger vein recognition technology in the U.S. as part of…
