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Age verification and digital wallets for minors: EU launches strategy for online child safety
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Biometrics providers continue to bring leadership talent in (or back)
Jumio, Socure, Veriff, OCR Labs, and SITA have each taken on new talent, including three c-suite executives and two regional...
 
Google debuts Wallet, new Pixel Watch and Phone at I/O event
At Google’s I/O developer conference this week, the company released its Wallet for Android, with plans for biometrically secured digital...
Innovatrics updates ABIS, launches Android biometrics app
Slovakia-based Innovatrics has updated its Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) with an enhanced iris recognition algorithm and an Android app...
 
Canadian government seeks dismissal of biometric data privacy suit against federal police
Canada’s Federal Government has filed a motion to have the certification of a potential class action lawsuit over biometric data...
US government seeks Smart ePants contractors for sensor-woven clothing
Defense Department officials are moving ahead in their search for sensor-studded, electric clothing fit for military service members. The Smart...
 
US and EU lack of protections on use of border biometrics, reports allege
As the European Union continues to make progress on its projects for digital ID, online protection and governance of AI,...
Teen takes top 10 spot in MIT program with biometric inclusive ID project
An Illinois teen is getting recognition for a biometrics innovation of hers to help indigent people globally identify themselves to...
 
French Senate seeks to protect against biometric surveillance – with biometric surveillance sandbox
The French Senate Law Commission has released a contradictory report into biometrics that seeks both to ensure France does not...
Pindrop presents three research papers on voice biometrics, speech recognition at ICASSP
Three research papers from Pindrop have been presented at the 2022 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, & Signal Processing (ICASSP), and indicate...
 
Estonia signs SK ID as mobile digital ID provider after search for alternatives
Estonia’s government has inked a five-year contract for digital identity application Mobile-ID with company SK ID, completing a search that...
Biometrics providers, executive awarded for innovation, business development excellence
Biometrics and digital ID solution providers Veridas, RealNetworks and Ping Identity, have each received awards from different institutions for meeting...
 
Researchers pitch combined biometrics to enable identification from blurred, dark images
As demand for remote identification via surveillance increases, a survey of academic work on biometrics including facial recognition and gait...
Age verification and digital wallets for minors: EU launches strategy for online child safety
The European Union has devised a new strategy to help protect its children online as more protective technologies become available...
 
Expanded skin tone scale released by Google to help reduce bias in AI, computer vision
Progress on work done by Google to reduce the level of AI bias in the capture of images of skins...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
How to prevent fraud using AI-biometrics?
  May 17, 2022 - May 17, 2022
How to prevent fraud using AI-biometrics? EAB virtual lunch talk May 17, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm CEST The European Association for...
IFSEC International
  May 17, 2022 - May 19, 2022
IFSEC International ExCel London May 17 – 19, 2022 IFSEC International, Europe’s leading integrated security event, is getting ready to...
Secure ID Forum
  May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Secure Identification 2021 Riga, Latvia May 24 – 26, 2022 SECURE ID FORUM will gather in Riga decision makers and...
Showcase Australia 2022
  May 25, 2022 - May 25, 2022
Showcase Australia 2022 Canberra May 25, 2022 Showcase Australia provides a unique and effective platform to connect biometric users from...
Africa Pay & ID Expo
  May 26, 2022 - May 28, 2022
Africa Pay & ID Expo Marrakesh, Morocco May 26 – 28, 2022 The COVID-19 Crisis has clearly demonstrated the need...