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Face biometrics leads this week’s news driven by lawsuits, regulations, proposals and launches
Court cases, hearings and proposals for regulation of facial recognition made up many of the top headlines of the week. Major projects are coming online from urban safety to border protection, changes to laws are being considered, and laws are driving changes in practice, but how to protect biometric data privacy while still benefiting from the technology remains hotly debated .. Read the full story here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Face biometrics leads this week’s news driven by lawsuits, regulations, proposals and launches
Court cases, hearings and proposals for regulation of biometric facial recognition made up many of the top headlines of the...
 
Biometrics-as-a-service monetization strategies to drive border control market to $3.5B by 2025
Demand for biometrically-enhanced authentication and identity management for border control is growing at rapid pace, as the technology delivers high...
Witnesses swat down facial recognition concerns of House committee members
If U.S. lawmakers are warming to facial recognition systems, it was not evident during yesterday’s House Committee on Homeland Security....
 
Bank of Thailand authorizes facial biometrics for eKYC checks
Banks in Thailand will be allowed to use biometric facial recognition to authenticate customers for remote account opening, The Bangkok...
UK ICO rejects privacy complaint about Dahua’s use of facial biometrics at IFSEC
The United Kingdom’s data protection agency has made face recognition demonstrations using unsuspecting industry conferencegoers legal so long as three...
 
WFP biometric aid delivery system still not fully launched in Yemen, humanitarian operation in jeopardy
Despite efforts to secure aid delivery with biometrics, United Nations officials say the situation in areas of Yemen controlled by...
Adequacy of Facebook’s $550M biometric data privacy settlement questioned by overseeing judge
The judge overseeing Facebook’s proposed $550 million settlement of its biometric data privacy class action lawsuit has requested details about...
 
North Macedonian government partners with Mastercard for distributed digital ID service
Mastercard is working with the government of the Republic of North Macedonia on a suite of digital identity and related...
New York state residents blocked from global trusted traveler programs
Almost 200,000 New York state residents per year will not be allowed to renew their Global Entry passes, as the...
 
Biometric ID documents available in Ukraine, coming to Kyrgyzstan next year
On February 5, Ukraine started issuing biometric ID cards with a Qualified Electronic Signature (QES), which citizens can use to...
Speechmatics opens third international office to address U.S. speech recognition market
Speechmatics has opened an office in Denver, Colorado, the third international office space the UK-based automated speech recognition software provider...
 
Police use of facial biometrics draws scrutiny; helps rescue thousands of children in India
Clearview AI has been telling prospective clients that it is offering or planning to offer facial biometric technology to at...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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