Australian Capital Territory says proposed facial recognition legislation exceeds agreement
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has joined Victoria in claiming that the facial recognition system proposed by the country’s federal…
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SIM sales return to normal in Uganda as telecom operators receive biometric card readers
Sales of new SIM cards have resumed in Uganda after the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) lifted a ban put into…
Trusona unveils upgrades to password-free authentication SDK
Trusona has added ID scanning to its Trusona Executive authentication SDK and updated its patent-pending anti-replay technology, the company announced….
Samsung Pass to be combined with blockchain solution to enable stock trading in Korea
Samsung Electronics and the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) are partnering to combine financial investment industry blockchain authentication tool Chain…
Easy Solutions adds facial recognition to its mobile authentication solution
Easy Solutions announced the release of SelfID as part of its DetectID mobile authentication offering. SelfID is a facial recognitio…
Making digital ID a tool for inclusion in Cameroon elections
Voter registrations are an important challenge for national identity systems, demanding accuracy, completeness, and verifiability to provide the assurance necessary…
Biometrics stocks this week: IDEX, NEXT, IDTY, IWSY, FPC
Earnings season is rolling through its peak period this week. At least three biometrics firms released financial results Wednesday. Other…
NPR explores U.S. law enforcement interest in real-time facial recognition
With improvements in facial recognition technology delivering the promise of real-time identification, and a lack of legislative guidance on its…
U.S. Chamber of Commerce comes out against BIPA class action as suits pile up
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has come out in support of Facebook in its BIPA lawsuit currently before the courts,…
Report says Kenya needs data protection law for privacy of biometric voter registry
A lack of legal protections for the privacy of citizen’s data in Kenya leaves its biometric electoral registry open to…
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