Biometrics Institute board of directors welcomes new members, chairperson
The Biometrics Institute has added Greg Henwood from the UK Government Ministry of Justice and Andy Foote from Wells Fargo…
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Retailers use of facial recognition technology raises concerns
Consumers and privacy experts are raising concerns about the extent of surveillance in some high-end retail stores and what is…
Google accused of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
Google has become the latest technology firm to face legal action after being accused of violating the 2008 Illinois Biometric…
India to add privacy protection to Aadhaar
The Indian government introduced legislation this past week that will add a privacy protection framework to Aadhaar. Aadhaar, recognized as…
The BEAT platform goes Open Source
The Idiap Research Institute has developed what they call the “ultimate Biometric Testing platform” in the context of its BEAT…
VimpelCom welcomes biometric SIM registration and verification initiative in Bangladesh but residents still have privacy concerns
AJ Hanna, chief mobile financial services officer of VimpelCom, the parent company of mobile operator Banglalink, recently expressed the company’s…
SRI wins DARPA contract exploring data privacy technologies
SRI International has been awarded an $8.5 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Brandeis program through…
U.S. and EU agree to new data protection pact
After two years of negotiations, the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce recently reached an agreement for a…
Israel’s Interior Minister wants biometric database pilot to run another 9 months
Israel’s interior minister Arye Dery is looking to extend the country’s biometric database pilot program for another nine months before…
Morpho’s UK digital identity service SecureIdentity goes live
SecureIdentity, the digital identity service provided by Morpho (Safran), is now live in the UK. SecureIdentity is a secure and…
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