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IATA endorses EU COVID certificate for global digital health pass standard
Europe’s Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) is being held up as a potential global standard for digital health passes by the...
 
DHS finds masks cause jump in face biometrics errors for some races
A third of the facial recognition systems tested by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security showed accuracy rates meeting a...
US judge rules biometric processing of public data not protected by First Amendment
An Illinois state court has rejected Clearview AI’s motion to dismiss a biometric data privacy suit against it on grounds...
 
UK to veer away from GDPR in hope of global data-based opportunities
The UK plans to move away from the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which it adopted before Brexit, with...
NtechLab supplies facial recognition for Indian Railways, but privacy legislation still pending
NtechLab is implementing a facial recognition surveillance project in India intended to monitor the movement of train commuters, but civil...
 
Analyzing BIPA’s newest class action trend: Targeting the use of voice-powered technologies
By David J. Oberly, attorney at Blank Rome, LLP. For the better part of 2020, class action lawsuits filed under the...
Add a biometric basket for your authentication eggs, says vendor
Identity management is failing because it focuses on effectively authenticating devices without biometrically authenticating the person operating an accepted device,...
 
Cubox deploys new biometric ABC gates in Korean airports and harbors
Face biometrics provider Cubox will deploy a new generation of its automated border control (ABC) e-Gates, as well as replace...
Scottish local authority switches off facial recognition citing legal, ethical concerns
A Scottish local authority, Falkirk Council, has recently spent over £1 million (U.S.$1.4 million) on upgrading 76 state-of-the-art CCTV cameras...
 
SenseTime seeks to break Chinese biometrics giants’ IPO stalemate with $2 billion offering
Chinese face biometrics giant SenseTime has filed to go public in Hong Kong, South China Morning Post reports. The company...
Voting open for digital identity excellence with #GoodID, MIT Solve 2021 awards
Voting has begun for the #GoodID awards across four digital identity-related categories and for finalists in MIT Solve awards. #GoodID,...
 
Papua New Guinea advised against using biometrics in next year’s election
Terence Wood, a Research Fellow at the Development Policy Center — an Australia-based aid and development policy think tank —...
The varied applications of contactless biometrics, remote authentication on full display
U.S. federal government spending was a theme common to many of the top stories of the week on Biometric Update,...
 
IBIA breaks down biometrics misconceptions with NIST analysis
The International Biometrics + Identity Association (IBIA) has addressed persistent myths about facial recognition, analyzing and presenting in clear language...
  Urgent call to erase biometric, digital ID databases in Afghanistan
  Facebook joins ID2020, fined $5.5M for facial recognition violations by South Korea
  Kantara lays out trust-building recommendations for mDLs
  First deployment of pressure-based gait biometrics for access control unveiled by Stepscan
  CyberLink and QNAP partner on face biometrics for surveillance and security
  Imprivata and Microsoft renew digital ID collaboration on healthcare tools
Events and Webinars
EAB Seminar – Towards building a resilient digital identity system with strong biometric binding
  September 7, 2021 - September 7, 2021
Towards building a resilient digital identity system with strong biometric binding EAB Online Seminar September 7, 2021 – 12:30 pm...
The Security Event
  September 7, 2021 - September 9, 2021
The Security Event Birmingham, UK September 7-9, 2021 The Security Event is the UK’s exhibition for the commercial and residential...
EAB Research Projects Conference 2021
  September 13, 2021 - September 15, 2021
EAB Research Projects Conference 2021 Online September 13-15, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is presenting its “EAB Research...
Turing Trustworthy Digital Identity Conference
  September 13, 2021 - September 13, 2021
Turing trustworthy digital identity conference Online September 13, 2021 – 10am-5pm BST This conference presented by The Alan Turing Institute...
ICT Spring Europe 2021
  September 14, 2021 - September 15, 2021
ICT Spring Europe 2021 Luxembourg September 14 – 15, 2021 ICT Spring is a conference hosting an array of international...
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