Tally of facial recognition bans being overturned keeps growing
The high tide for U.S. restrictions on police use of facial recognition might have come and gone. Seventeen partial or…
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SuperCom wins national contract for biometrically tracking criminals in Croatia
SuperCom is deploying its PureSecurity Electronic Monitoring suite in what will be the company’s first full-scale contract in Croatia for…
Immigrant tracking biometric app contract expanded by US agency
The U.S. immigration agency has renewed a biometric surveillance contract to create a new facial recognition app for tracking immigrants…
Ethiopia issues second tender for biometric registration hardware for digital ID enrollment
Ethiopia is accepting bids to supply and install biometric registration kits for use in the establishment of the country’s national…
South Africa’s Home Affairs and EOH set for arbitration over $27M biometrics contract
Counter claims between the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed EOH tech group continue over a R400 million…
NY State audit finds bidding for school facial recognition system was improper
An audit from the state of New York examining the bidding for implementing facial recognition in the Lockport City School…
US oversight committee wants answers on ID.me biometric accuracy, contracts and more
The leaders of the U.S. House Oversight Committee have penned a lengthy letter to ID.me, The Washington Post reports, to inquire…
UK government opens bid for mobile fingerprint biometric enrollment devices
The British government published a request for tender seeking £450,000 (approximately $588,000) worth of mobile biometric enrollment devices to decrease…
Digital ID and biometrics among three Australia IT test project components awarded AU$20M
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs is due to pay out AU$20 million (approximately US$14.8 million) to fund test activities for…
Veridos partners to produce Costa Rica’s biometric passports
Costa Rica has contracted Veridos and GSI Sertracen to supply, install, and implement electronic passports with biometric features, according to a press…
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