UN sets signposts at good digital ID and ethical use of facial recognition on digital roadmap
Universal digital identity must be “good” and legislation and safeguards must govern facial biometrics to benefit from the technologies without…
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Australian rights advocates criticize use of facial biometrics by police, government
Australian Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow is pushing for more rigorous facial recognition regulation to prevent law enforcement from abusing…
Biometrics startup TouchByte secures grant to develop contactless access control prototype
TouchByte has received nearly £50,000 (roughly US$63,000) in government funding from innovation agency Innovate UK to develop a biometric facial…
iOS app blocks facial recognition, biometric authentication coming to Facebook Messenger for Apple
A newly released iOS camera app anonymizes the user in photos and videos by obscuring their faces, and even removing…
Public sector payroll reform for Liberia and Zimbabwe, Côte d’Ivoire voter registration: biometrics in Africa this week
In biometrics and digital identity across Africa this week, civil servant pay is something of a theme as countries successfully…
Biometric payment card timelines move up, tech giants pause facial recognition sales to U.S. police
Anticipation for mass market biometric credit and debit cards continues to build, with market conditions aligning and major announcements expected…
Biometrics ranked fifth on CompTIA Emerging Technologies list for 2020, market forecasts bullish
Biometrics have moved up two spots on the list of “Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2020” from CompTIA’s Emerging Technology…
Spirit Airlines and SITA talk biometrics for air travel reopening, Houston and Hawaii announce deployments
As the aviation industry seeks a way to restart safely and win the confidence of the traveling public, Spirit Airlines…
Multi-modal biometrics the next step in industry evolution argues FPC Principal Scientist
The next step in biometrics, as people become used to the technology and their rising expectations for convenient security run…
iProov and HooYu announce new partners, IDnow expands UK presence, Socure launches KYC solution
iProov has partnered with regtech specialist NorthRow to bring its biometric facial authentication for onboarding and transactions to the property, professional…
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