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EU moves closer to requiring biometrics on national ID cards
The EU Council Presidency and European Parliament have reached an informal agreement on the introduction of mandatory biometric national identity cards including a photo and two fingerprints ... Read the whole story here.

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Biometrics and AI vision technologies deployed in Hong Kong and UK prisons to prevent drug use
Hong Kong is testing AI vision and prisoner-tracking technologies and the UK has completed a trial of iris and facial...
 
Majority of financial institutions to invest in biometrics and other MFA tech in 2019
Nine out of ten financial institutions are falling behind in their ability to authenticate customers and step up security, and...
Little overlap between NIST facial recognition testing leaders and U.S. government providers
Wired is asking “Why Chinese Companies Plug a U.S. Test for Facial Recognition” in an article highlighting the placement of...
 
Onfido and INTERPOL train government officials to detect fraudulent identity documents
Onfido is partnering with INTERPOL to provide a 3-day training course to government officials from Southeast Asia to help them...
JCB honored for biometric card system based on IDEMIA technology
IDEMIA announced that its partner JCB won two awards for its biometric card system at the 5th annual Cards and...
 
U.S. House subcommittee to discuss diversity and bias in tech industry
Diversity in the tech industry – or the relative lack of it – is being discussed in a hearing by...
NEXT Biometrics access control products to be distributed in Russia by UniComm
In an effort to accelerate sales in Russia, NEXT Biometrics has appointed UniComm its authorized distributor in the country for...
 
Jumio opens Brazil sales office; expects triple-digit Latam growth in 2019
Jumio announced today that it has established a new sales office in Brazil to strategically serve the growing Latin American...
BioConnect multi-biometric solution launched to updated ForgeRock Identity Platform
BioConnect’s digital identity authentication technology has been integrated with ForgeRock’s Identity and Access Management platform to provide enterprise grade biometrics...
 
Gov.UK digital ID service has fraction of intended users and verifies less than half successfully
The UK government’s National Audit Office has slammed the Gov.UK Verify authentication platform in a report, saying it will not...
Gurucul updates enterprise user behavior security platform for full stack analytics
Cybersecurity company Gurucul has announced the launch of a new version of enterprise Risk Analytics platform to extend behavior-based security...
 
Israeli government requests information for planned new National Biometric Laboratory
The Government of Israel is planning to establish a National Biometric Laboratory to support government missions by conducting tests of...
  Google to argue online photo service is not subject to Illinois biometric privacy law
  Mastercard video demonstrates biometric cards as tool for government benefits distribution
  B-Secur raises £4M to expand, further develop its ECG biometric technology
  CLEAR rolls out biometric boarding with Delta Air Lines at 26 US airports
  Constitutional rights group recommends laws limiting facial biometrics use by U.S. law enforcement
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