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GSA finds ‘bias’ in facial recognition errors, plans tests but no deployment
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Biometrics capture with feature phones to boost Africa’s financial inclusion
The potential of biometrics captured on feature phones, the importance of regulatory sandboxes, and the need for more flexible identity...
 
Clear reaches 12M members, brings expedited biometric lanes to Palm Springs airport
Clear says it deployed its biometric identity verification technology to help speed up lines at Palm Spring International Airport (PSP) for...
NY State audit finds bidding for school facial recognition system was improper
An audit from the state of New York examining the bidding for implementing facial recognition in the Lockport City School...
 
Reported AI-based emotion recognition by Zoom irks rights advocates
Reports that video communications giant Zoom is planning to develop an artificial intelligence-based system to monitor and analyze the emotions...
Biometrics secure UNHCR direct cash payments to Ukrainian refugees
With biometrics playing a pivotal role in the processing of Ukrainian refugees fleeing war, the United Nations High Commissioner for...
 
Biden urged to consider federal digital identity framework
United States President Joe Biden has been advised to consider putting in place a nationwide digital identity framework as one...
Stakeholders review Ethiopia’s proposed digital ID legislative framework
The draft Public Proclamation of Ethiopia’s Digital Identification Program has come under review during the second in a series of...
 
Veriff biometric KYC widens Alloy’s AML platform capabilities
Veriff will offer its biometric identity verification on the platform of know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) provider Alloy, enhancing...
2021 a good year facial recognition at US ports
The U.S. government says it doubled the number of international travelers who were processed last year using facial recognition tools....
 
Shufti Pro wins regtech startup award; provides digital ID verification for 10M Ukrainians
Shufti Pro was awarded as the winner of ‘Top RegTech Startups’ under the category of ‘Emerging Startups 2022’ by Tracxn to...
Thoughtful Biometrics event returns to advance ethical practices
Dates for the second Thoughtful Biometrics conference have been announced. The virtual conference will happen across 4 days between July...
 
Biometrics partnerships set up billions in revenues forecast by analysts
Spectacular market forecasts for digital ID, digital identity verification and digital payments are backed up by new launches and market...
GSA finds ‘bias’ in facial recognition errors, plans tests but no deployment
Tests conducted by America’s General Services Administration have shown higher false rejection rates in face biometric systems for African Americans...
 
Argentine judge demands answers on how police got irregular biometrics access
Argentine national security agencies have acquired irregular access to the biometric records of seven million people, including the president, and...
  Turning that expression of frustration into code: A new human-machine interface
  Paychex releases biometric time and attendance clock with Iris ID scanner
  SIA urges more support for NIST biometrics tests, passage of two US tech competition bills
  Grants to investigate digital ID issues, COVID surveillance tech launched
  Fujitsu declares success in trial of self-sovereign ID for students with university
  It’s fun. It’s trendy. It’s putting your iris biometrics on the market for free
Events and Webinars
ID4Africa LiveCasts: Mobile for Identity Management and Inclusive ID4D
  March 9, 2022 - April 27, 2022
ID4Africa LiveCasts: Mobile for Identity Management and Inclusive ID4D March 23, April 13 & 27: 13:30 GMT From the producers...
TDK Ventures presents DX Week 2022
  April 18, 2022 - April 21, 2022
TDK Ventures presents DX Week 2022 Virtual Event April 18-21, 2022 We live in a connected world. Sometimes, however, we...
Patch-based finger vein recognition using an auto encoder
  April 19, 2022 - April 19, 2022
Patch-based finger vein recognition using an auto encoder EAB virtual lunch talk April 19, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm CEST The European...
SECON 2022
  April 20, 2022 - April 22, 2022
SECON 2022KINTEX, KoreaApril 20 – 22, 2022SECON is the biggest professional B2B security event as well as a comprehensive security...
Future Identity Finance
  April 26, 2022 - April 26, 2022
Future Identity Finance London, UK April 26th, 2022 The Future Identity festival was an overwhelming success back in November. Future...
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