Security agencies granted access to Nigeria’s biometric database; Buhari faces lawsuit
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a nonprofit advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Researchers warn edge computing’s biometric privacy promise is conditional
Not for the first time, the privacy community is looking at how biometric data can be most effectively and securely…
UK Biometrics and Surveillance Commissioner asks pointed questions of vendors
Biometric surveillance raises a whole series of questions about ethics and public acceptance that go far beyond data protection and…
Block’s hardware wallet to use fingerprint biometric authentication
Payment firm Block (formerly known as Square) has confirmed that fingerprint biometrics will be the main method of authentication for…
Alternative approaches to mobile device biometrics on the rise
Good news-bad news for Samsung in one of the most-read stories on Biometric Update this week, with an ultrasonic under-display…
Can the world shake off COVID-19 biometric surveillance?
The Thomson Reuters Foundation has collated examples from around the world of instances of pandemic-related biometric surveillance and spoken to civil…
Shaky case made by a vendor about huge market value for self-sovereign IDs
It is hard to know what to make of a new white paper that values the total addressable market for…
Health info and digital ID app in Canada integrates user managed access specification
Digital ID and access control vendor Identos says it has adopted the UMA 2.0 specification for the newly launched Ontario…
Infinity Optics launches biometric cryptography SDK after CSIRO validates platform
Infinity Optics has brought its biometric hashing technology to market with the commercialization of its QuantumCrypt Face Recognition SDK. The…
FacePhi biometrics certified by Spanish data protection scheme for public entities
FacePhi has announced the receipt of data protection and security certification that technology companies must receive to provide services to…
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