New biometric controls being trialed at Gibraltar border
Spanish authorities are trialing new biometric border controls at the crossing point to Gibraltar as part of contingency-planning in the…
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Informed consent key to compliant retail facial recognition deployments
While it becomes increasingly popular for retailers to implement facial recognition technology for anti-theft purposes, one case in Spain has…
Spain and Germany to test cross-border digital ID
The Governments of Spain and Germany recently signed an agreement to develop a joint cross-border pilot program for digital ID,…
Gradiant opens new technology center to boost 5G research
Gradiant will open a new headquarters in Vigo, Spain by the end of the summer, as it expands its core…
Spanish telecom giant selects Idemia’s contactless biometrics for access control, solutions portfolio
Idemia’s contactless biometric scanners have been selected by Spain-based multinational telecom Telefónica to provide secure access control for its business…
Spanish soccer club trials Veridas face biometrics for stadium security checks
A trial of Veridas’ and das-Nano’s biometric access control system has been launched at El Sadar stadium in Spain Employees…
Madrid Airport pilots Thales face biometrics on tablets for smoother passenger journey
Madrid Airport is piloting face biometrics from Thales to identify passengers using mobile devices for a fast, smooth, safe and contactless…
Elyctis ID document readers and in-car biometric scanners enable mobile identification by Spanish police
Spanish National Police are reporting improved operational efficiency from using mobile biometric scanners with ID document readers supplied by Elyctis….
Cities in China most watched by CCTV surveillance, new face biometrics systems for Moscow and Spain
There are 770 million public CCTV surveillance cameras in the world’s 150 largest cities by population, and 54 percent of…
Spanish data protection regulator targets 14 misconceptions about biometrics in technical note
Unauthorized access to biometric data in one system would allow the biometrics to be used in the rest of systems…
