Moscow Metro to expand Face Pay biometric service as customer base grows
Officials of the Moscow Metro say they plan to add 330 more turnstiles to the Face Pay system from this…
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Russian lawmakers okay legal framework for biometric data collection and processing
The lower house of Russia’s federal parliament, the State Duma, has adopted a law setting up a legal framework for…
Russian Orthodox Church warns against mandatory biometric data collection
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has called upon the State Duma speaker to prevent the discrimination of people…
Moscow court rules in favor of Smart Engines in Citibank ID scanning software row
The Arbitrazh Court of Moscow ruled in favor of Smart Engines in a lawsuit that saw the local Citibank subsidiary…
Europol’s new rules enable sourcing of ‘third country’ biometric data
New regulations give Europol too much biometric surveillance power while cutting external oversight of the agency’s data processing and protection…
Plans for biometric surveillance reach epic scales with off-putting implications
A pair of troubling reports about plans for intensive biometric surveillance seem drawn from the nightmares of privacy advocates. The…
Moscow Metro biometric payment system marks usage milestones, anniversary
A year after launching, Russia’s Face Pay fare service in Moscow reports processing payment for 35 million rides using face…
Moscow data center to collect face biometrics from video streams nationwide
The Department of Information Technologies of Moscow is in the process of finalizing a new data storage center with biometric…
Russia to establish Center for Biometric Technologies to operate national database
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to create a joint venture named the JSC Center for Biometric Technologies…
Kenya to comply with regional bloc directive on biometric passports from end November
Kenyans have until 30 November to get new East African Community (EAC) biometric passports if they want to be able…
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