France is the latest to wade into age-verification quicksand
Age verification schemes are proving as controversial and difficult to implement as any other corner of biometrics. No one knows…
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Jumio taps into French biometric ID verification market, names local sales ops lead
Jumio has expanded its biometric ID verification and authentication portfolio by launching a suite of eKYC and remote onboarding solutions…
First commercial biometric payment cards issued in France to be powered by Thales and Fingerprint Cards
BNP Paribas is expected to launch a new biometric bank card this fall in significant numbers, according to Le Parisien,…
French high court rules against biometric facial recognition use in high schools
A lawsuit seeking to block biometric facial recognition technology pilots in two high schools in French cities of Nice and…
French football club experiments with facial biometrics for stadium access control
The football club FC Metz has allegedly rolled out a biometric facial recognition pilot for major events at its stadium…
France looks to establish legal framework to deploy biometric video surveillance
French officials are looking into a legal framework to deploy public video surveillance embedded with facial recognition technology, writes RFI….
French Secretary of State for Digital hesitant about national digital ID program
The French Interior Ministry announced in October plans to deploy facial recognition for enrollment into its national digital identification program…
French regulator clarifies facial recognition position
France’s National Commission on Computing and Liberties (CNIL) has issued new guidance on the appropriate use of biometric facial recognition…
Paris 2024 Olympics to use id3 facial recognition for biometric event security
Biometric access control technology from EASIMob, a project led by id3 Technologies in partnership with Advanced Track & Trace (ATT),…
Air France and Paris airports to run biometric boarding pilot
Air France and Aéroports de Paris (ADP) have agreed to roll out a biometric boarding pilot early next year that…
