Yoti introduces Guardian Council to maintain trust handling biometrics and personal information
Consumers are becoming less trusting of major technology companies, according to Yoti and as a company interacting with biometrics and…
data protection
Biometric Update regularly authors news regarding the term "data protection." The following list of links is available to help you find biometrics news related to "data protection" and other relevant terms. More topics may be perused by accessing our comprehensive Biometrics Topics list.
Digital rights declaration signed by Sydney could limit public facial recognition
Sydney has signed the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights declaration, ZDNet reports, which could have significant ramifications for the deployment…
Facebook argues for biometric privacy class action suit to be thrown out
Facebook is attempting to quash a class action suite by arguing in an appeals court that the decision of the…
Gemalto launches biometric identity management solution for foundational national systems
Gemalto (AKA Thales Digital Identity) is launching a new Identity Management System (IDMS) for governments to build biometric foundational identity…
More than 4 in 5 Americans support airport biometrics, Unisys survey shows
A large majority of Americans support the use of biometrics to verify their identities at airports, amid growing concern about…
Biometric facial recognition deployments and regulations both advance
Finnish Police and Customs have been granted permission to use automatic facial biometric technology, with the approval of a new…
Survey shows biometrics not trusted or understood by majority of consumers
A majority of consumers believe that switching from passwords to biometrics will expose them to identity fraud, according to a…
Illinois Supreme Court opens floodgates for class action litigation under state’s biometric privacy law
This is a guest post by Ana Tagvoryan, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal and David J. Oberly, attorneys at Blank Rome LLP….
Scotland considers appointing Independent Biometrics Commissioner
Scottish Parliament is considering a bill to appoint an independent commissioner for biometrics to improve the handling of biometric data…
Biometric Update resumes Official Journalist role for ID4Africa 2019
ID4Africa is pleased to announce Biometric Update as the official journalist of ID4Africa 2019. This is the 4th year in…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Injection Attack Detection
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection