Smart city growth creates biometrics opportunity
Smart city development is a growing market, especially within the realm of security, innovation and public health. Biometrics are due…
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US House to examine bill setting new standards for biometric, digital privacy rights
A Democratic lawmaker in the United States, Suzan DelBene, has reintroduced a private-members bill intended to boost consumer digital rights…
New White House, same beef with China telecom and biometrics powerhouses
The Biden administration has reinforced a position held by its predecessor that products made by five Chinese telecom, surveillance and…
Don’t remove AI’s training wheels at the border yet — authors
Two authors looked at digital identification and surveillance used by multiple nations around the world and found that generally democratic…
ScanViS
ScanViS expedites the use of top-notch, forward-thinking facial recognition technology for safe, accurate authentication process in both private and public…
UK agency opens final round of challenge to solve biometric data privacy puzzles
The UK government has opened a final competition for grant money to be used on biometric and other digital information…
AnyVision patent filing suggests face biometrics for delivery drones
A patent application filed by AnyVision for a system to adjust the flying position of drones to capture images for face…
Minneapolis passes restrictions on facial recognition use by local police
Minneapolis has passed legislation blocking the use of face biometrics by city police, the Star Tribune reports. The ordinance passed…
Biometrics to drive dramatic growth in global automated border control market
A new market report from TechSci Research predicts that the global automated border control market is set to grow by…
Show documents on public funding for biometric lie detector system, EU lawmaker demands in court
A lawsuit to force the European Union’s Research Executive Agency (REA) to release documentation for the funding of a trial…
