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Infant biometrics nearing practicality for birth registration, but technical and legal challenges remain
Significant progress is being made towards the capability of including biometrics with birth registration records, but significant concerns persist .. Read the full report here.

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Idex Biometrics closes higher on Nasdaq than share price estimated at registration
Idex Biometrics shares closed their first day of trading on the Nasdaq at $28.20 per American Depository Share (ADS), each of...
 
Infant biometrics nearing practicality for birth registration, but technical and legal challenges remain
Significant progress is being made towards the capability of including biometrics with birth registration records, but significant concerns persist, the...
Governments weigh use of biometric vaccine certificates; Vision-Box, iProov and Evernym positioned
Countries around the world continue to consider their options for safely reopening businesses and borders, which means thinking through whether...
 
State facial recognition regulations considered as ACLU and Clearview stand in for informed debate
Massachusetts new regulation of facial recognition diverges from the increasingly-worn paths of either preventing the technology’s benefits or not regulating...
Plurilock to foster spread of behavioral biometrics with $1.6M from new private placement
Plurilock has announced the closure of its second non-brokered private placement to fund general corporate purposes and to grow the...
 
Shufti Pro launches affiliate program to expand biometric anti-fraud reach
Shufti Pro has introduced an affiliate program dubbed ‘Shufti Advocates,’ to take referrals for its biometric know your customer (KYC)...
Facebook mulls face biometrics for forthcoming smart glasses
Facebook’s upcoming smart glasses are due to launch this year, and the company is assessing whether face biometrics could be...
 
Iris biometrics facilitate change in aid sector worth hundreds of billions
Custom smartphones held on social-distancing sticks are helping refugees in Jordan with COVID-19 pay for shopping deliveries with a biometric...
After final approval in $650M biometric data privacy suit, Facebook seeks arbitration for Instagram
Facebook’s $650 million settlement of a biometric data privacy suit has been granted final approval in the Northern District of...
 
A market for emotion recognition grows without tackling deep concerns by the public
Private and government researchers see few unassailable obstacles to — and plenty of money in — making emotion recognition a...
Israel selects SuperCom biometric monitoring for quarantine compliance program
SuperCom will aid the Israeli Ministry of Health in an immediate pilot of biometric monitoring for COVID-19 citizen quarantine compliance...
 
Trueface among Western facial recognition accuracy leaders with high scores in NIST FRVT
Trueface has achieved high biometric accuracy scores on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Face Recognition Vendor Test...
Funding announced for Canada’s Digital Identity Laboratory, IBM passport project
The Digital Identity Laboratory of Canada (IDLab) has announced the reception of several grants from the public and private sectors....
 
Biometric cards rolling out for national and refugee ID systems, boosting company earnings
Biometric cards for payments, digital ID and refugee benefits are the theme of the week’s top industry news. Idex Biometrics...
  Selfie biometrics ID check partnerships address costly onboarding security concerns
  Telpo outdoor biometric terminal gains entry to Japanese market with regulator approval
  Whoop provides biometric health monitoring for Arctic paratroopers
  Zetes showcases biometrics-backed digital identity progress in Belgium
  Denmark’s biometric passport contract won by Veridos and partner idpeople
  Private sector frustrated with UK government’s digital ID coordination efforts
Events and Webinars
The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop
  March 8, 2021 - March 12, 2021
The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop Online March 8, 10 and 12, 2021, 9:00am-1:00 pm PST This new event intends to bring...
Demographic fairness in biometric systems
  March 9, 2021 - March 30, 2021
Demographic fairness in biometric systems EAB Online Seminar March 9 to March 30, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB)...
Future of Cloud Security Management
  March 9, 2021 - March 9, 2021
Future of Cloud Security Management Online March 9, 2021 10:00 EST / 15:00 GMT According to a June report by...
ID4Africa Livecast – Gender matters in identity systems
  March 10, 2021 - March 10, 2021
ID4Africa Livecast – Gender matters in identity systems Online March 10, 2021 13:30-15:30 GMT Join ID4Africa on March 10 for...
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit
  April 7, 2021 - April 8, 2021
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore April 7 – 8, 2021 Facial recognition technology is riding high...
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