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Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: coronavirus fallout, startup funding, Ghana electoral register
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, some African institutions are reacting by suspending fingerprint-based biometric access and attendance systems in the hopes of reducing the risk of transmission. Elsewhere, disagreement has surfaced about what hardware to use for election registrations in Ghana and several companies have announced positive developments in leadership, financing, and major customer wins .. Read the full story here.

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Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: coronavirus fallout, startup funding, Ghana electoral register
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, some African institutions are reacting by suspending fingerprint-based biometric access and attendance systems in the...
 
Biometrics stocks update: Huami, Ipsidy, Intellicheck, Idex
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UK government and universities work with Chinese state institutions to advance face biometrics
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California residents file class action against Clearview AI biometric data collection citing CCPA
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Malaysia Commissioner wants facial biometrics security in Personal Data Protection Act
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Movements build to ban secret use of facial recognition
State governments at opposite ends of the nation appear ready to place more controls on the use of facial recognition...
 
Astra, NTT East bring biometric business intelligence solution for SMBs to Japan
Building on a three-year old partnership with NTT East, Taiwanese startup Astra has introduced its biometric facial recognition technology to...
Biometric offerings from Secure Planet, Imprivata lead to business recognitions
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HSBC UK’s voice biometrics system blocked 2x more fraud attempts in 2019
HSBC’s voice biometrics system VoiceID has successfully blocked fraud attempts in 2019 preventing nearly £400 million (roughly US$493 million) being...
Vintra claims success tackling bias in AI facial recognition
Working to end racial and ethnic bias in artificial intelligence (AI)-based biometric facial recognition, Vintra, a provider of AI-powered video...
 
Biometrics investments and a security fail top stories this week in digital ID
The discovery of a major biometric data security vulnerability at a Brazilian biometrics company and a handful of multi million-dollar...
  SuperCom introduces biometric tracking solution to contain coronavirus
  Building a practical solution to ethics in AI code is possible, researchers find
  Biometrics market research briefs: digital ID revenues to leap past $30B by 2024
  TrueFace jumps into top ten in genuine face biometric template matching time in latest NIST testing
  UK commission wants delay of automated facial recognition, predictive algorithms in policing
  SecureKey to integrate Onfido biometrics and document check for real-time photo ID checks
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