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Biometric payments win for convenience and security, privacy concerns remain
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American researchers probe where biometric bias comes in and how to measure it
A pair of papers on why biometric systems are so often found to be less effective with some demographic groups...
 
UK’s mobile biometric equipment tender falls through, renewed by gov
A UK government contract for mobile biometric equipment (MBE) worth £450,000 (roughly $527,000) was not awarded as no compliant kit...
Berbix, restaurant chains and Microsoft can’t free themselves from BIPA cases
Another month, another batch of new BIPA lawsuits and court developments for the biometrics and privacy communities to pore over....
 
SuperCom wins $33M biometric tracking contract with European customer
SuperCom is set to deploy its PureSecurity Electronic Monitoring (EM) Suite for a domestic violence monitoring, GPS Tracking of offenders...
Digital identity verification spending to pass $20B by 2027, but security challenges remain
Businesses around the world are spending $11.6 billion on digital identity verification this year, and that amount will nearly double...
 
More schools think they see an answer to mass murders in biometric surveillance
Biometrics scanning is the newest technology employed in U.S. primary and secondary schools to prevent children from murdering others with...
mDL advances support digital government ecosystems in Kurdistan, Greece
New mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) have been launched in Kurdistan and surpassed 500,000 users in Greece. Each stands as an...
 
SiLC doubles its lidar range, could make face biometric matches farther away
A vision sensor startup claims its silicon photonics can see, identify and avoid objects more than a kilometer in the...
NtechLab considering Asia HQ in Thailand as Russian facial recognition continues selling abroad
Russian developers are still able to find potential buyers of their digital surveillance technologies abroad despite sanctions imposed by western...
 
Uganda launches probe after suspected stolen ID documents uncovered in swamp
Ugandan authorities have begun an investigation into how bundles of valid national ID cards, passports, car number plates and other...
Serbia, Kosovo reach reciprocal deal to accept ID cards as travel documents
A series of digital ID credentials issued around the world that people can use to cross borders are going through...
 
New biometrics products, IP and standards on the way
New standards related to biometrics and online transactions are coming from NIST, and are behind two of the week’s most-read...
Digi Yatra seeks to assure Indian air travelers their biometric data is safe
The biometric and biographic data collected from Indian air passengers by the Digi Yatra App is stored locally, and not...
 
Software startup in UK gets key certificate for digital ID and background checks
A UK compliance and biometric onboarding vendor has earned government certification to sell into the digital ID service market. Amiqus...
  Some people really do have doppelgangers and that could be a biometric problem
  Digital transformation spurs new ID services provider in Thailand, development in Indonesia
  Iris biometric technology up for sale appears to be IriTech’s
  National digital ID issuance for Pakistanis ramping up
  Daon partnership combines biometrics with ANI validation for call centers
  Biometric payments win for convenience and security, privacy concerns remain: Mastercard
Events and Webinars
SPIE Remote Sensing
  September 5, 2022 - September 8, 2022
SPIE Remote Sensing Berlin, Germany September 5 – 8, 2022 SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2022 combines two of Europe’s best...
Identity Week Asia
  September 6, 2022 - September 7, 2022
Identity Week Asia Singapore September 6-7, 2022 Identity Week Asia is a conference and exhibition bringing together the brightest minds...
Future Tech Expo & Summit
  September 12, 2022 - September 13, 2022
Future Tech Expo & Summit Sultanate of Oman and Online September 12 – 13, 2022 After its successful launch, as...
EAB-RPC 2022 – EAB Research Projects Conference 2022
  September 12, 2022 - September 14, 2022
EAB-RPC 2022 – EAB Research Projects Conference 2022 September 12-14, 2022 Fraunhofer IGD, Fraunhoferstraße 5, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany The 9th...
BIOSIG 2022 – 21st International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group
  September 14, 2022 - September 16, 2022
BIOSIG 2022 – 21st International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group Darmstadt, Germany September 14-16, 2022 The BIOSIG 2022...
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