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Biometric digital ID providers partner with Microsoft on decentralized ID, passwordless pilot
Microsoft is launching its decentralized identity credentials for public preview this spring, and partnered up with many leading device-based biometrics providers to do so, according to an announcement at its Ignite conference and in a blog post ... Read the full report here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Behavioral biometrics pitched for Indian payments by BioCatch, long-term fraud prevention by Plurilock
Two recent publications focus on behavioral biometrics as the answer to secure an expanding space for fraud amid the global...
 
Manufacturing partnerships for biometric payment cards expanded by Zwipe, unveiled by Idex
A partnership between Zwipe and Austrian card-maker Tag Systems on biometric payment cards has been expanded to proactively promote the...
Precise Biometrics CFO Ulrik Nilsson to depart following successful restructuring
Precise Biometrics announced that Ulrik Nilsson will step down from his role as chief financial officer of the company, and...
 
Face biometrics deployments in Indian schools scrutinized by privacy advocates
Privacy advocates have criticized the deployment of facial recognition camera systems in at least 12 Indian schools, Reuters reports. The...
Upgraded Auraya voice biometrics now available for AWS contact center customers
Auraya has made its EVA Voice Biometrics 2.0 available on the AWS Marketplace to provide secure and frictionless identification for...
 
AU10TIX launches white-labeled biometric identification to ease integration and onboarding
AU10TIX has launched a new white label biometric authentication tool named SECURE.ME to reduce integration requirements while providing consumer end-users...
Clear partners with Human API on biometrics for healthcare
Digital health data platform company Human API has entered a new partnership with Clear to bring data from Human API’s...
 
Facial recognition had an unruly couple of years in Massachusetts — ACLU
Authors of a new civil liberties report allege police use of facial recognition in Massachusetts over the last two years...
Biometric digital ID providers partner with Microsoft on decentralized ID, passwordless pilot
Microsoft is launching its decentralized identity credentials for public preview this spring, and partnered up with many leading device-based biometrics...
 
Fime to perform local FIDO biometric component testing for APAC with Taiwan lab accreditation
Fime’s biometric testing and consultancy services have been extended to its Taiwan laboratory with its certification to the FIDO Alliance...
ACM FAccT increases participant diversity to investigate AI social justice impacts
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) will hold a virtual conference from March 3rd to 10th on the topics of...
 
Malawi health insurance company introduces biometric cards to check fraud claims
A company providing health insurance services in the Southern African nation of Malawi is introducing smart biometric cards for its...
Uber workers allege flawed face biometrics prompted their firing
Some couriers and drivers working for Uber Eats and Uber in the UK have claimed that they either were fired...
 
Supply and demand sides of biometric payment cards market lining up
Biometric payment cards continue to advance towards commercialization, with a series of new announcements. Cardmaker Goldpac announced the introduction of...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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...