SenseTime sources legal opinion suggesting limits to US sanctions ahead of planned IPO
American sanctions against SenseTime for supplying its biometric technology in support of rights abuses in Xinjiang only apply to one of…
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Aadhaar biometrics allegedly targeted by Chinese state-sponsored hacker group
TAG-28, a hacker group thought to be supported by the Chinese government, has been attacking the Unique Identification Authority of…
UK panel sketches the reach of ethnicity recognition systems across China
The scale of systems behind China’s alleged persecution of minorities — chiefly Uyghurs — continue to beggar the imagination. The…
Will Washington-Beijing competition entice biometrics unicorns home?
Maybe China’s authoritarian government is giving ground on foreign investment in domestic companies. Or maybe market economics is again pushing…
Governments adding biometrics, digitizing ID worldwide: Zimbabwe passports, China mDLs, Belarus ID cards
National ID continues to go biometric and digital around the world. Zimbabwe’s Civil Registry prepares to go digital with Semlex…
SenseTime seeks to break Chinese biometrics giants’ IPO stalemate with $2 billion offering
Chinese face biometrics giant SenseTime has filed to go public in Hong Kong, South China Morning Post reports. The company…
Beijing reasserting control of businesses through new privacy law. Is it just PR?
Having amassed through deregulation as much economic power as it has ever had, the Chinese Communist Party is re-regulating businesses….
Facial recognition unicorn gallops back to Hong Kong for prospective IPO
Yitu has set its sights on Hong Kong for an IPO, after its attempt to list in Shanghai followed an increasingly…
UK Biometrics Commissioner: Hikvision in social control surveillance joint enterprise with Chinese State
Hikvision is contracted for 21 years for joint enterprises with the Chinese State on social control projects in Xinjiang Autonomous…
TikTok draws the ire of senators for collecting biometrics
Not so fast, a pair of U.S. Senators are telling TikTok executives. The video-first social media service has begun collecting…
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