South Wales police win facial recognition legal challenge as King’s Cross plans halted
The use of biometric facial recognition by South Wales police interferes with the privacy rights of those scanned, but is…
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Brazilian consumer rights watchdog vetoes facial recognition tech
Brazilian consumer rights watchdog Idec has castigated the intended use of biometric technology in the social security system, and pushed…
HooYu ID to optimize Betfred KYC procedures through facial biometrics
Online sports betting service Betfred has signed a partnership with HooYu to leverage biometric facial recognition and other verification methods…
NICE Actimize integrates BehavioSec behavioral biometrics to fight fraud
BehavioSec has added its behavioral biometric technology to the NICE Actimize X-Sight Marketplace, enabling customers of the platform-as-a-service to use…
Suprema ID’s BioMini Slim 3 scanner receives FBI PIV/FAP30 certification
The Suprema ID FAP30 optical fingerprint authentication scanner BioMini Slim 3 has received FBI PIV and Mobile ID FAP30 certification,…
State Department seeks info on biometric solution for ID vetting overseas
A “Multimodal Biometric Solution” to perform multimodal biometric collection and identification using fingerprints, iris, and facial recognition in support of…
Facebook eliminates one biometric facial recognition feature and expands another
The facial recognition-based tag suggestion feature has been discontinued by Facebook, while the face recognition feature which alerts users when…
India launches crowd-sourced election roll update
The Indian Election Commission’s crowd-sourced electoral roll update, the Electors Verification Programme (EVP), has launched across the country, with the…
Apple patents smart watch band with wrist biometric sensors
The next Apple Watch may come with wrist biometric sensors, after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded Apple 62…
AnyVision reevaluates biometrics business in Hong Kong, defends Israeli army work
Microsoft-funded Israeli startup AnyVision is reevaluating its business plans in Hong Kong following controversy around the ethical use of its…
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