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Facial recognition and other biometrics targeted in data privacy legislation, but what will feds do?
Data privacy legislation is advancing in the U.S., though somewhat unpredictably, with different ramifications for biometrics vendors in different states .. Read the full report here.

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International Biometrics Industry Association Managing Director Tovah LaDier steps down
Tovah LaDier has left the International Biometrics Industry Association (IBIA) after serving as its managing director for more than 15 years....
 
Biometrics stocks to reach more investors with Plurilock launch and Ipsidy uplist
A couple of publicly-traded companies providing biometrics and digital ID technologies are increasing their investor access with Plurilock launching to...
Taiwan digital ID delayed until privacy regulation passes
Taiwan’s government has pulled out of a NT$4.8 billion (roughly US$171 million) digital identity (eID) card trial in Hsinchu City,...
 
Nigerians don’t need national digital ID for voter enrollment, EC says
Nigeria‘s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given assurances that citizens do not need the national identification number (NIN) in...
Digital ID-based immunity passports roll out amid lack of info, uncertain mandates
Immunity passports and digital health credentials, based on digital ID and frequently secured with biometrics, seem to be becoming an...
 
T-Money trials face biometrics for contactless payments to public transportation
A pilot process to put in place and evaluate a system providing touchless biometric payment for public transportation in Korea...
Uniphore adds video AI to voice biometrics and speech solutions portfolio with acquisition
Indian speech biometrics company Uniphore says it has acquired Emotion Research Lab, a video and emotion artificial intelligence outfit, with...
 
Facial recognition and other biometrics targeted in data privacy legislation, but what will feds do?
Data privacy legislation is advancing in the U.S., though somewhat unpredictably, with different ramifications for biometrics vendors in different states....
Data Machines wins award from US Army’s next-gen biometrics program
Data analytics company Data Machines has been selected to participate in the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Biometric Collection Capability (NXGBCC) prototype...
 
Webtool changes headshots just enough to trick face biometrics scrapers
Researchers say they have created software that protects social media posters from unwanted biometric surveillance. The evasion tool, called LowKey,...
Passwordless authentication rising with FIDO and biometrics tackling security risks, report says
Passwordless authentication technologies, and particularly physical tokens, some of which are secured with biometrics, are on the rise, according to...
 
Neurotechnology updates MegaMatcher biometric SDK to improve fingerprint and facial recognition
Neurotechnology has released an update of its MegaMatcher biometric software development kit (SDK) with higher accuracy and new features. With...
  Progress on government biometrics programs for elections, forensics and borders mixed
  Fourthline announces record KYC and digital ID growth and says OCR outperforms Google
  Blanket bans on face biometrics use by private sector unhelpful, digital privacy group argues
  Digital wallet to support iris biometric retail payments from PayEye
  Keyless brings multi-factor biometrics to Microsoft Azure AD B2C
  Apple granted patent for face biometrics occlusion assessment
Events and Webinars
Verification of banking clients based on multimodal biometrics
  January 26, 2021 - January 26, 2021
Verification of banking clients based on multimodal biometrics EAB Online Seminar January 26 2021, 12:30-13:30 (CET) Join the European Association...
Future of Fraud Management for Businesses
  January 27, 2021 - January 27, 2021
Future of Fraud Management for Businesses Online January 27, 2021 Group Futurista, a leading global event organizer is delighted to...
AI in Payments & Fraud Risk Management (Europe) Summit
  January 28, 2021 - January 29, 2021
AI in Payments & Fraud Risk Management (Europe) Summit Online January 28 – 29, 2021 Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here...
Deep Learning 2.0 Virtual Summit
  January 28, 2021 - January 29, 2021
Deep Learning 2.0 Virtual Summit Online January 28 – 29, 2021 Discover the latest technical advancements and business applications in...
ID4Africa Livecast – Open APIs as a Pathway to Identity and Sectoral System Development
  January 28, 2021 - January 28, 2021
ID4Africa Livecast – Open APIs as a Pathway to Identity and Sectoral System Development Online January 28, 2021, 13:30 –...
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