UK Science and Technology Committee calls for pause of live facial recognition trials
UK Members of Parliament on the government’s Science and Technology Committee are urging the Home Office to halt all trials…
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Facial recognition debate flares up in Israel and continues in UK and Australia
Cameras deep inside the Palestinian West Bank with facial recognition from Israeli biometrics company AnyVision allow authorities in Israel to…
Yoti approved to list services on the UK government’s G-Cloud framework
Yoti has once again been approved to list services under the UK Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud framework. According to the…
Committee calls for national debate on UK single digital identifier plan for government services
British members of parliament have called for a national debate on the government’s plans to introduce a “single unique identifier”…
Stakeholders split on London police use of public facial recognition as study shows 4 in 5 false positives
The Chair of the Metropolitan Police staff association Ken March has called China’s use of public surveillance with biometric facial…
Intelligent Automation Exchange UK
Intelligent Automation Exchange UK London, UK October 1 – 2, 2019 The Intelligent Automation Exchange brings together a community of…
Fingerprints being piloted for prisoner medication access and drug tests in UK
A pair of programs in the UK are introducing biometric fingerprinting technology, in one case to distribute drugs and in…
Defense ministry access of police biometrics database among UK Commissioner’s many concerns
The UK should pass new legislation to allow police to develop new biometric capabilities, and the Ministry of Defense should…
UK government launches plan to save its Verify digital identity service
The UK government has announced a series of steps to revive its flagging Gov.uk Verify digital identification service, including an…
Fingopay selects Cardstream payment platform to support UK growth and expansion
Fingopay has selected Cardstream’s Open Payment Network to support its growth and expansion in the UK. Cardstream is an independent…
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