Facial recognition used on Ghana voters list: NPP claims to have found 76k fake voters
Ghanaian opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) claims that the party used facial recognition technology to discover that there are 76,000…
identity theft
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Arizona DOT implementing facial recognition technology to curb identity theft
The Arizona Department of Transportation announced it is implementing facial recognition technology for the application process for state-issued credentials in…
Stopping identity theft before it starts: the power of behavioral biometrics
This is a guest post by Ryan Wilk, director of Customer Success, NuData Security. According to the “2014 Data Breach…
Second OPM hack sees 1.1M fingerprint records stolen
Office of Personnel Management officials have confirmed that a data breach involving security clearance files has impacted some 21.5 million…
Nigeria’s Central bank extends biometric identification deadline
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has implemented a four-month extension to the Bank Verification Number (BVN) program, giving Nigerians…
IOM donates biometric recognition technology to Philippine Bureau of Immigration
The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) has been provided with new anti-fraud detection equipment from the International Organization for Migration…
Banking on biometrics
This is a guest post by Steve Cook, Director of Business Development at Facebanx. The world of banking is changing…
IOM deploys biometric verification project to help displaced people in Congo
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recently began its biometric verification exercise of internally displaced people (IDPs) during food assistance…
ID360 forum to focus on economic matters related to identity, cybersecurity and personal information
The Center for Identity at The University of Texas announced it will host the fifth annual ID360: The Global Forum…
Enacomm, VoiceVault to discuss voice biometrics at PAYMENTS 2015 conference
Enacomm, Inc. announced that it will join identity verification solutions firm VoiceVault in a panel discussion at the PAYMENTS 2015…
