DHS biometrics expansion proposal needs longer comment period, 100+ organizations urge
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is being asked to allow a longer comment period for its proposed biometrics expansion…
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Vision-Box biometrics deployed at Canadian airport, more airports in Asia roll out facial recognition processes
Winnipeg Airports Authority has selected biometric automated border control (ABC) eGates from Vision-Box to check the facial biometrics of arriving…
U.S. Congressmen push a bipartisan digital ID package
Days after a U.S. Labor Department administrator told ID tech executives that Washington is losing billions of dollars to online…
Lack of digital ID system costing U.S. government billions, experts tell FedID event audience
The U.S. government’s lack of a digital ID system has made it unable to prevent billions of dollars in losses…
Airport biometrics update: NEC collaborates with Japan Airlines, Vision-Box in Dubai, biometric entry at LAX
A series of new deployments of airport biometrics have been announced, including technologies from NEC and Vision-Box. Collins Aerospace, meanwhile,…
Compendium of biometric case studies with a focus on laws published
A research institute housed out of New York University that focuses on the social implications of AI has published a…
U.S. businesses using biometrics need to monitor congressional action as proposal imposes privacy obligations
Despite the unlikelihood that the National Biometric Information Privacy Act recently tabled by U.S. Senators Merkley and Sanders will pass, the…
Advanced biometric border systems could secure U.S.-Canada border, deployed in Dominica, Iran
Investments in smart biometric border systems are underway in Dominica and Iran and under consideration in Canada and the U.S….
Biometric facial recognition ban considered in Pittsburgh and enacted in Jackson, Mississippi
A bill has been introduced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that would ban the “unrestricted” use of facial recognition by the city’s…
NY, UK politicians demand reform of biometric facial recognition use in law enforcement
The Security Industry Association (SIA), which includes biometric technology developers NEC, Clearview AI, Idemia and Ayonix corp. among others, has…
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