Touch Biometrix secures funding from Deepbridge Capital
Touch Biometrix announced it has secured £150,000 seed investment from Deepbridge Capital to enable the business to develop new fingerprint-based…
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False positives draw criticism of Wales police facial recognition use as Scotland considers iris biometrics
South Wales police have admitted that of the 2,470 people identified as possible matches with criminals on file out of…
Yoti and CitizenCard launch new UK ID card for young people
A new digital ID card is being launched by Yoti and CitizenCard in the UK to give young people a…
UK prisons implementing biometrics for safe prisoner self-service
Digital transformation including biometrics is coming to UK prisons to create a better environment with improved safety and greater access…
Gemalto wins British passport contract
Gemalto announced it has won an open tender for the production of the next generation of British passports. The contract…
UK Home Office balks at complying with face image deletion order due to expense
Despite a six-year old High Court ruling that mass retention of facial images is unlawful, a committee of UK MPs…
De La Rue appeals decision to award post-Brexit passport contract to Gemalto
British security printing company De La Rue has launched an appeal of the UK government’s decision to award the post-Brexit…
Scottish Independent Advisory Group recommends oversight measures for police biometrics system
A Scottish Independent Advisory Group on Biometric Data has made a series of recommendations regarding the use of biometrics by…
Representatives of UK and U.S. industry and government meet to discuss aviation security collaboration
Representatives of the aviation industry from the UK and U.S. met with government officials from both countries last week in…
Fujitsu wins UK Home Office Biometric Matcher Services Platform contract
Fujitsu is believed to have won a £28 million (US$38.7 million) contract from the UK Home Office to provide a…
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