Privacy and security – can we future proof biometrics?
By Alfred Chan, CEO of Infinity Optics News of privacy and data breaches are capturing headlines every day. Biometric templates…
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No facial recognition for South Australia Police on planned CCTV network until law updated
Adelaide City Council passed a motion aimed at preventing South Australia Police (SAPOL) from using facial recognition via a CCTV…
OnlyFans sued over biometric data privacy allegations
In its attempts to keep its platform free of underage pornography, OnlyFans has run afoul of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy…
Oosto backs call for scraped biometrics deletion; Clearview fires back
An industry dust-up has broken out over the appropriate composition of biometric reference databases for law enforcement applications, with Oosto endorsing…
Rights groups demand halt to South Korea facial recognition surveillance project
A project intended to develop an artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition system to be used for airport immigration purposes, spearheaded by…
Clear service IAL2-approved as biometric vaccination verification expands
Secure identity company Clear has seen a new biometric service approved by Kantara Inititative and has formed a partnership with…
EAB, ACM, FIDO Alliance line up biometrics, digital ID events
The European Association for Biometrics (EAB), FIDO Alliance and the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Security, Audit…
Government digital identity plans advance amid scepticism, lack of awareness
Britons do not feel well informed about common digital identity and biometrics, according to a recently published survey into opinions…
BitCenter UK facial recognition app puts CCTV capability on mobile phones
BitCenter UK has developed a facial recognition mobile app, FarFaces, that it says provides the capabilities of a biometric CCTV…
Have governments stopped trying to finesse intense face biometrics projects?
Israel and India are building facial recognition surveillance projects that seem consciously designed to aggravate specific fears held by privacy…
