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DHS is going bigger with its next face biometrics rally
The DHS opened industry applications for its 2022 Biometric Technology Rally. Competitors are to address the challenge of reliably screening small groups of people opting in to facial recognition from among bystanders who have not consented .. keep reading this report here

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Parsons buys Xator for $400M, beefs up its biometrics portfolio
Intelligence defense contractor Parsons has bought 900-person biometrics company Xator in a deal valued at $400 million. Parsons wants to...
 
A confusing present obscures the future of digital IDs
The difficulty in predicting the future of digital identities is that defining the present of digital identities is as hard...
Unite biometric identification and authentication for superior results: white paper
Face biometrics are traditionally used for both biometric identification during the customer onboarding process and subsequent authentication, forcing the user...
 
Sensity alleges biometric onboarding providers downplaying deepfake threat
Deepfake videos have received breathless attention in popular for their potential as fraud instruments, from spreading misinformation to carrying out...
Clearview CEO laments ‘misrepresentation’ of facial recognition app in response to UK fine
Clearview AI has been fined approximately £7.5 million (US$9.5 million) by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breach of...
 
How digital identities could shape the future of humanitarian aid
By Fraser Edwards, CEO at cheqd and Johannes Ebert, Co-founder at Gravity The current wars in Yemen, Palestine and Ukraine...
Israeli agency unlawfully shared biometric data of citizens for 7 years, report reveals
A report authored by Roy Friedman, head of the Biometrics Applications Unit of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, has disclosed that...
 
Embarrassing slipup exposes dozens of personal profiles from Trust Stamp
The only situation worse than a data breach for a face biometrics security company is a dumb data breach. According...
SOBRsafe closes $10M Nasdaq offering for biometrics-based alcohol detection
SOBRsafe, the touch-based biometric ID verification solution provider for alcohol detection to increase work safety, has raised $10 million as...
 
FPC, Idex, Crédit Agricole progress on biometric payment cards issuance
Steps towards mass adoption of biometric payment cards can be seen in a new approval for cards made with Fingerprint...
Innovatrics introduces new API for easy selfie biometrics integration
Innovatrics has updated its biometric Digital Onboarding Toolkit (DOT) with the addition of Digital Identity Service (DIS) API (application programming...
 
Veridos breaks ground on Ugandan biometric ID document printing plant
There are five primary challenges nations face in going fully digital with IDs, according to one vendor. Veridos has published...
Biometric retail payments set for major push with Mastercard platform launch
A biometric retail payment platform from Mastercard is launching in Brazil with initial partner Payface, with a host of other...
 
DHS is going bigger with its next face biometrics rally
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security opened industry applications for its 2022 Biometric Technology Rally. The department’s Science and Technology...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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
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  June 14, 2022 - June 16, 2022
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