Philippines biometric national ID project advances with 28M Phase One registrants
Up to 28 million Filipinos participated in the first phase of registration for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) which seeks…
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Practical problems in biometric fairness, coming ISO standard explored in EAB webinar
New wrinkles to the problem of biometric bias, the development of standards for assessing it, and strategies for assessing and…
Tackling the infant ID problem with fingerprint biometrics
A team of researchers from the Michigan State University (MSU) is advocating the adoption of fingerprint biometrics for children of…
New SIM card registrations with biometric ID number resume in Nigeria
Nigeria’s federal government has lifted a ban on the registration of new SIM cards, with the biometrics-based national identification number…
Telpo sees access control as key market for F10 biometric terminal, demonstrates at Sekurica 2021
The face biometric access control terminal launched by Telpo with a large video display for a range of applications has become…
Nepal Parliamentary Committee mandates use of biometrics to identify unclaimed bodies
The Ministry of Home Affairs of Nepal has been instructed to speed up the issuance of biometric ID cards and…
ACLU suit seeks the release of Clearview AI face biometrics data by ICE and CBP
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is seeking legal action to compel U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and…
Videonetics’ face biometrics selected by Indonesia govt for facility access, surveillance
Videonetics’ biometric identification and authentication platform MeraFace has been deployed by the Indonesian government to build “an extremely robust and…
Vision-Box renews Sint Maarten airport biometrics contract
Vision-Box has renewed its biometric technology supply contract with the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE) in Sint Maarten. Building on…
Biometric privacy preferences in Mexico strained by crime-fighting campaign
In an effort to crack down on an ongoing epidemic of kidnappings in Mexico, that nation’s congress approved the gathering…
