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Idemia exec says new innovations could improve biometric data privacy at EU borders
EU Member States and biometrics vendors are broadly ready to implement the Entry/Exit System as it comes online, as seen...
 
Big little investment: $3M in seed for digital ID startup Allthenticate
As seed financing goes, the just-completed round for passwordless digital ID authentication startup Allthenticate is notable. The company took brought...
Russia tries to revive twice-bumped biometric surveillance net, put it near Ukraine
A biometric surveillance system that was only partially built across Russia before being shut down might get a new life...
 
‘Economic identity’: are digital ID schemes a ‘road to Hell?’ asks human rights report
Published as delegates left ID4Africa 2022 in Marrakesh, a new primer from the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice...
Did Onfido foresee the current economic straits? Biometrics unicorn credentials considered
Common wisdom dictates that growth companies facing economic threats regear for profit rather than grow through acquisitions. The strategy is...
 
Selfie biometrics deployed for fraud prevention, KYB from microfinance to virtual basketball
New York-based Element has teamed up with Cebuana Lhuillier, the largest microfinance services provider in the Philippines, to provide Know...
Ingenium rewrites CPNI Test Standard for biometric access control
A Test Standard for Biometrics in access control managed by the Center for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has...
 
Common digital health pass for seamless travel to be discussed at ICAO summit
Discussions around adopting a common global digital health pass, or “passport” in ICAO’s parlance, to facilitate international travel will be...
Adelaide considers CCTV system with facial recognition as calls for regulation intensify
New deployments of facial recognition technology continue to raise questions in Australia, as experts call for changes to privacy law...
 
Corsight adds granular privacy controls to Fortify to support ethical facial recognition
Corsight AI has updated Fortify, its flagship facial recognition software, with privacy enhancements to help protect subjects’ data and address...
ComplyCube adds biometric authentication to platform to address emerging fraud trends
Biometric face authentication has been added to ComplyCube’s all-in-one identity verification platform to help prevent account takeover attacks, fake signups...
 
Idex Biometrics and Linxens partner to ease smart card development, adoption
A new partnership between Idex Biometrics and Linxens Holding SAS will make Linxens a global provider of Idex’s biometric smart...
Why are government’s still hesitating over social media ID verification?
Liudas Kanapienis, CEO and co-founder of Ondato Controversy surrounded the inclusion in May of an Online Safety Bill in the Queen’s...
 
New research on mobile fingerprint biometric scanning, synthetic data presented at eu-LISA summit
Among a series of presentations on technologies that are or could be used on Europe’s border at an eu-LISA Industry...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
ID4Africa 2022: The augmented General Meeting
  June 15, 2022 - June 30, 2022
ID4Africa 2022: The augmented General Meeting Marrakesh and Online June 15-16 (Marrakesh) and June 28 & 30 (Virtual) After a...
Biometrics Institute US Discussion Day
  June 22, 2022 - June 22, 2022
US Discussion Day Washington DC June 22, 2022 The Biometrics Institute community believes in the merit of responsible and ethical...
Identity Week Europe
  June 28, 2022 - June 29, 2022
Identity Week Europe Excel, London, UK June 29-29, 2022 Identity Week Europe is a conference and exhibition bringing together the...
Global EmergeTech Summit 2022
  June 28, 2022 - June 28, 2022
Global EmergeTech Summit 2022 June 28, 2022 Dubai, UA Management Leaders have been focusing on how their businesses can remain...
Demographic Bias in Facial Liveness Detection: Impact, Measurement, and Mitigation
  June 30, 2022 - June 30, 2022
Demographic Bias in Facial Liveness Detection: Impact, Measurement, and Mitigation Webinar June 30, 2022 – 9:30am EDT AI-powered facial liveness...