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Biometrics Institute warns biometrics misuse could undermine public confidence
Following recent reports of facial recognition technology being misused, the Biometrics Institute is urging law enforcement agencies, border management agencies and governments to follow existing good practices to ensure responsible use of biometrics, warning that regulators may restrict usage and place an onus on the industry to ensure privacy protections ... Read the whole story here.

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Facial recognition controversies draw increasing attention
Controversy continues to swirl around biometric facial recognition, with U.S. House Committee hearings, legal challenges, and new revelations about who...
 
Microsoft VP calls for U.S. to align privacy laws with GDPR
May 25 is the first anniversary of the EU’s GDPR taking effect, and in its first year, 18 million people...
Connecticut agency grants Invixium up to $1M to expand biometric business into U.S.
Invixium will receive up to $1 million in investment from state tech investment agency Connecticut Innovations (CI) to expand its...
 
IDEX Biometrics appoints Stephen Skaggs to its Board of Directors
IDEX Biometrics has appointed semiconductor industry veteran Stephen Skaggs to its Board of Directors. Skaggs has more than 25 years...
Zetes to present on public service delivery and showcase biometric solutions at ID4Africa
Zetes is returning as a Platinum sponsor of ID4Africa for the movement’s fifth annual conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, June...
 
APAC region bank customers more comfortable with biometric ATMs than behavioral biometrics
The increasing prevalence of biometrics and digital identities is making it necessary for banks to provide customers with confidence that...
NEC’s facial recognition technology to authenticate students during school exams
Melbourne firm Genix Ventures is working with NEC Australia to trial NEC‘s NeoFace facial recognition software platform to help prevent...
 
CardLogix launches tablet for mobile multi-modal biometric verification and enrollment
CardLogix Corporation has launched a tablet for instant identity verification through multiple biometric modalities and high-security smart card technology, which...
BioID facial biometrics integrated into TESIS SYSware enterprise access control system
BioID’s cloud biometric BioID Web Service (BWS) has been integrated by German self-service password management SaaS provider TESIS SYSware to...
 
Neurotechnology updates SentiMask SDK with attribute detection and recognition
The second version of Neurotechnology’s SentiMask SDK has been released with applications including real-time face tracking and masking and 3D...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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