Biometrics Institute issues new privacy guidelines
The Biometrics Institute has released its new privacy guidelines to its members to provide guidance on best-practice for biometrics and…
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Police use of facial recognition technology to be reviewed by ethics committee
The Leicestershire Police’s use of facial recognition technology is under review by the force’s new ethics committee, the Leicester Mercury…
CBP opens new processing facility to collect biometrics at Omaha airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently opened a new processing facility at TAC Air in Omaha to provide international travelers…
CBP tests capturing biometric data on-the-move
The Custom and Border Protection’s Entry/Exit Transformation (EXT) Office are piloting several programs to make the process of collecting biometric…
Fingerprint background checks causing concern in Oklahoma
Fingerprint background checks performed by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at the request of the Oklahoma Department of Human…
FRA to hold meeting to discuss EU biometrics smart borders project
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) announced that about 20 industry experts will meet on September 25 to discuss…
UK government developing ‘trust framework’ for commercial use of personal data
The UK government is currently working to develop a framework designed to encourage businesses to be more transparent in the…
Vision-Box delivers biometric enrollment solution for EU employee travel documents
Vision-Box announced it is providing the entire biometric and biographic enrollment infrastructure for the first security eDocument being issued to…
CSC report finds that 25% of U.K. retailers use facial recognition in store
Business solutions and services provider CSC released a new report entitled “Next generation in-store technology: Where do shoppers and retailers…
Japanese airports to install biometric terminals for foreign visitors
Japan’s Justice Ministry plans to install mobile biometric terminals at various airports that will capture photos and fingerprints of foreign…
