Portland and Denver consider bans on municipal agency use of facial recognition
Portland’s data governance workgroup has published a draft of an ordinance which would prohibit local government agencies from using biometric…
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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…
Open Banking & SCA Forum
Open Banking & SCA Forum Amsterdam February 4 – 5, 2020 The European Union’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has…
Trueface wins Air Force facial recognition contract as other government deployments court controversy
Trueface has been awarded its second contract for biometric facial recognition technology from the U.S. Air Force, to help secure…
U.S. Congressional rep calls for biometrics regulation as universal online identification considered
The U.S. Congressional representative for Silicon Valley is calling on the federal government to quickly work towards legislation to control…
SIA warns Congress against facial recognition moratorium as Huawei warns industry to listen to concerns
U.S. Congress should not place a moratorium on facial recognition technology, but instead collaborate with all stakeholders to address concerns…
Government support and regulation drives market optimism this week in biometrics and digital ID news
Government action, and in particular industry benefit from or support for new government regulation was a surprising theme in the…
IATA calls for regulation to support aviation biometrics as Star Alliance plans new processes
As the International Air Transport Association (IATA) carries out its biometric One ID initiative, the next priority is to ensure…
Berkeley bans facial recognition use by local government
The City Council of Berkeley, California has banned all use of biometric facial recognition technology by government agencies, Gizmodo reports,…
Digitization, decentralization and regulation top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
The most read stories this week on Biometric Update have a French theme, as a digital ID system using facial…
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