How biometrics are driving efficiency in modern policing
This is a guest post by Steve Warne, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Citizen Identity with HID Global. Modern-day police forces…
data protection
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Australian students fear exam platform threatens biometric data privacy
Students from Australia’s University of Queensland fear their biometric data and privacy could be at risk due to a third-party…
Biometrics companies raise $303M in three funding rounds as fingerprint card market matures
The most widely read news of the week in the biometrics and digital ID industry has been a trio of…
Frost & Sullivan sees transformative potential in biometrics for future of privacy and cybersecurity
Biometrics, blockchain and AI are among the technologies that could transform privacy and cybersecurity, according to Frost & Sullivan. A…
Nomidio launches cloud biometrics service with key-splitting to enable self-sovereign identity
Nomidio has launched a service it calls a PII (personally identifiable information) Cloud, with an Identity-as-a-Service offering which leverages biometrics…
Liechtenstein to provide citizens with biometric bracelets to contain coronavirus
Liechtenstein has introduced a tech program to provide biometric bracelets for its citizens to monitor COVID-19 in real-time and keep…
ID recognition + face verification technologies: the alliance for digital freedom or servitude?
This is a guest post written by Vladimir V. Arlazarov, PhD, Chief Executive Officer at Smart Engines. The worldwide spread…
Facial biometrics loophole highlighted by World Privacy Forum report on U.S. schools
One of the top biometrics news stories of the young 2020 calendar year pops up in the middle of the…
Eftpos proposes digital ID for Australian government services and announces trial phase
Eftpos is angling to have its digital identity solution used to access government services, and has announced the technology will…
UIDAI proposes public Aadhaar facial biometrics and temperature checks to boost containment efforts
Officials with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have suggested that camera networks performing facial recognition and temperature checks…
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