State constitution does not protect against Illinois biometric privacy lawsuit
A Cook County Circuit Judge has rejected a motion to dismiss a Biometric Information Data Privacy (BIPA) suit against Walmart…
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USSOCOM set to test, evaluate commercial next generation biometrics
The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) earlier this month issued a Request for Information (RFI) “to gain knowledge of potential…
New approaches and technologies to fulfill the online security promise of biometrics
Biometrics are often associated with strong security both in the public consciousness and within the industry. Part of the reason…
CBP seeks guidance on body cameras with facial recognition for incident recording
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking information on the possibility of deploying body-cameras with biometric facial recognition for…
Oxygen Forensics updates flagship software with faster facial recognition and new interface
Oxygen Forensics has updated its flagship digital forensics software with biometric facial recognition, completely overhauling interface and adding new capabilities…
Self-sovereign identity community discusses the future of digital ID at IIW XXIX
Can biometrics play a role in self-sovereign identity? Some attendees of the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) are resistant to the…
Designing a defense: strategies for defending against an Illinois biometric class action
This is a guest post by Ana Tagvoryan, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal and David J. Oberly, attorneys at Blank Rome LLP….
Privacy concerns raised with Vision-Box biometric cloud service for India’s Digi Yatra
The involvement of Vision-Box in India’s trials of biometrics for aviation identity checks under Digi Yatra is facing scrutiny over…
Bangladesh to use biometrics to prevent refugee voting fraud
The Election Commission of Bangladesh has introduced a separate server to collect personal and biometric fingerprint information of people in…
Suprema issues statement on biometric records exposure
Suprema has responded to the recent cybersecurity incident in which unencrypted biometric records from the BioStar 2 access control system…
