UK Home Office issues RFI for hundreds of mobile fingerprint scanners
The UK’s Home Office Biometrics Program has issued an RFI (request for information) to begin the procurement process for 200…
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UK commissioners urge pause on police use of automatic facial biometrics after pilots
The UK parliament’s Science and Technology Committee has been told that live facial recognition technology should not be further deployed…
Samsung Pay brings contactless biometric payments to PFS cardholders in UK
Samsung will launch Samsung Pay for PFS payment cards to allow UK cardholders to make contactless payments with a PFS…
UK consumers and businesses agree biometric payment coming but split on modality
More than half of British consumers believe biometrics will be used for payments in the future, compared to only 8…
Brexit drama blocking public and political debate on facial recognition surveillance by UK police
Fans entering an upcoming Six Nations rugby championship match between Wales and Ireland will be scanned against a wanted list…
Gemalto contactless biometric payment cards selected for NatWest UK pilot
NatWest (National Westminster Bank) will be piloting biometric payment cards supplied by Gemalto in an upcoming trial. NatWest is a…
Biometrics and AI vision technologies deployed in Hong Kong and UK prisons to prevent drug use
Hong Kong is testing AI vision and prisoner-tracking technologies and the UK has completed a trial of iris and facial…
Gov.UK digital ID service has fraction of intended users and verifies less than half successfully
The UK government’s National Audit Office has slammed the Gov.UK Verify authentication platform in a report, saying it will not…
UK biometrics firm ievo celebrates 10 years in business
As ievo celebrates its 10th anniversary, the Newcastle-based manufacturer and distributor of fingerprint recognition products reports that demand for its…
UK oversight group publishes ethics framework for police use of facial recognition
The UK government’s independent Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) has published an interim report outlining nine ethical principles forming…
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