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SDG 16.9 – A life and death situation
This deep dive with the UN’s former head of legal identity, Niall McCann, explores the issue of using biometrics in identity, how much control we should have over our identities, transgender rights to assert identity (and what happens when they die), the dangers of including religion or ethnicity, and more .. listen to this episode

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Biometric Update Daily News
FTC considers looking into commercial use of online biometric surveillance
Almost all discussion in the United States about facial recognition systems centers on government use and, more pointedly, on police...
 
UK officialdom have warm places in their hearts for live facial recognition
Live facial recognition, the most contentious government implementation of AI surveillance, is looking attractive to law enforcement leaders in the...
Philippines going digital by default? Vietnam’s national IDs ‘introduced’
Vietnam and The Philippines are moving on digital IDs, although only one of the South China Sea nations as part...
 
Canadian government plans public consultation on digital ID platform for public services
The Government of Canada is planning to launch public consultations on a digital ID framework for federal government services. The...
Daon digital health pass VeriFLY reaches 1M users on Carnival Cruises
Carnival Cruise Line announced that over a million of its guests have now boarded its ships after verifying their vaccinated...
 
Idex, Precise and BIO-key lead strong crop of biometrics earnings reports
Idex Biometrics earned $2.1 million in the first half of 2022, a strong increase both sequentially and on a year-over-year...
iProov’s Genuine Presence Assurance for face biometrics certified to eIDAS’ High Level
iProov announced it received a certification for its biometric face verification technology with liveness detection to Level of Assurance High...
 
ROC lauds algorithms’ accuracy and efficiency scores in NIST facial recognition test
Rank One Computing (ROC) has achieved impressive results in the latest Face Recognition Vendor Tests (FRVT) by the National Institute...
Microsoft engaging with Nigeria ID4D on capacity building, consulting on data protection
Microsoft says it will work with Nigeria’s ID4D agency to help build domestic capacity to advance the country’s data protection...
 
Move a little to your left. Turn your head. Perfect! Recreating crimes with face biometrics
What happens if facial recognition surveillance cameras only capture a crime suspect from a too-oblique angle to make a confident...
Biometric wallet, facial recognition deployed for patients in US, Israel
MSP Recovery has deployed its biometrics-enabled app, LifeWallet as part of a new pilot program with Miami-based care provider Cano...
 
Face Forensics launches victim identification system with biometrics and tattoo recognition
Face Forensics has developed a new victim identification system for use in investigations into human trafficking and child abuse, based...
Behavioral biometrics can ease friction as password-sharing becomes an issue
By Joe Micara, VP North America at Callsign According to Netflix, more than 100 million households use shared passwords. While password sharing...
 
The metaverse channel: the medium is the market
What is driving 2022 interest in the Metaverse? It’s not like the metaverse is a new concept – virtual worlds...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  August 17, 2022 - August 19, 2022
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EAB-RPC 2022 – EAB Research Projects Conference 2022
  September 12, 2022 - September 14, 2022
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