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…
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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…
Industry group recommends national policies for digital ID and biometric authentication
The UK government should establish a national policy to create a fully functioning digital identity ecosystem for use in both…
UK oversight bodies probe government data set ethics and biometric strategy
The UK government’s Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) has been tasked with providing independent oversight of the Home Office’s…
Eurotunnel deploying biometric border technology developed by IN Groupe
Eurotunnel and IN Groupe, formerly Imprimerie Nationale, have signed a partnership agreement to deploy facial recognition technology at Eurotunnel’s terminals,…
Academics blast “legal vacuum” around facial biometrics use by British police
The use of facial recognition by police in Britain are a costly use of public funds that should be subject…
Covering your face to avoid facial recognition could result in fines in England and France
London’s Metropolitan Police have fined a man £90 (US$118) after he declined to participate in a trial of the force’s…
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