U.S. drops Entity List hammer on Chinese facial recognition unicorns and biometrics providers
The U.S. Government has added 28 organizations to its Entity List, banning major biometrics companies including Dahua, Hikvision, iFlytek, Megvii,…
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Regulation and safeguards for facial recognition pondered in France, China, and Jamaica
The local government of Nice, France has been trialling biometric facial recognition software after deploying more than 2,600 CCTV cameras,…
Bovia introduces new edge facial biometrics technologies for fast recognition
Taiwan-based mobile video and cloud service company Bovia has introduced a pair of surveillance camera products to provide edge biometric…
Social inclusion and executive appointments lead this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
New image capturing technology for biometrics featured in Biometric Update’s two most frequently-read stories of the week in biometrics and…
Biometrics are in and anonymity out so fight for democratic rights, FedID keynote argues
Civil libertarians should not fear facial recognition and other biometrics, but the technologies must be correctly regulated to prevent negative…
India extends deadline for facial biometrics bids as systems around the world seek clarity
India’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has extended the deadline for bids on participation in its centralized automatic facial recognition…
Global restrictions on facial recognition speed up development of new biometric surveillance tech
The high number of concerns and controversies around government use of facial recognition technology in surveillance and lack of proper…
Respected biometrics researcher Anil Jain criticized for China connections
Renowned biometrics expert and head of Michigan State University’s Biometrics Research Group Anil Jain is receiving criticism for what is…
Facial recognition at music festivals targeted, California police ban softens and school district pauses
Fight for the Future has taken its stand against facial recognition to the musical festival circuit, calling on fans and…
Biometric integrations with new networking and imaging tech on display at GSX 2019
Biometrics and other security professionals from around the world have gathered at Chicago’s McCormick Place for the Global Security Exchange…
