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Facial recognition to play key role in travel reopening as biometrics industry weighs social responsibility
The top biometrics stories this week focus on the use of advanced technologies, primarily facial recognition, by the travel industry as it attempts to reopen from near-shutdown. The fallout from moves away from facial recognition by U.S. tech giants is also prompting debate within the biometric industry, as privacy lawsuits and concerns are balanced by even more implementations .... Read the whole story here.

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Weekend Reading
Facial recognition to play key role in travel reopening as biometrics industry weighs social responsibility
The top biometrics and digital ID stories of the week on Biometric Update focus on the use of advanced technologies,...
 
How biometric transparency and regulation could secure privacy, prevent exclusion in digital identity
Do we need more standards in biometrics? Is IBM making the right move by withdrawing its facial recognition technology from...
‘Certain narratives were exposed’ in national ID systems, development experts tell ID4Africa webinar
Universal digital identity coverage could be achieved within the next two years, if shifts in political will and recognition of...
 
Deepfake challenge results show industry leaders are ready to protect public: ID R&D executives
Biometrics experts are not discouraged by the results of the Deepfake Detection Challenge (DFDC) as they indicate state of the...
Role of biometrics for safe travel reopening examined by IBIA Executive Director
Biometrics will play a critical role in the redesign and future success of the aviation industry, but expanded outreach education...
 
Biometric privacy suit alleges Onfido violated Illinois’ informed consent rules
Onfido is the latest biometrics company to be hit with a potential class-action suit under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act...
Biometrics in healthcare – the right place, the right time
This is a guest post by Kim Martin, Vice President of Marketing at ID R&D. Across industries, the use of...
 
The future of voice
This is a guest post by Michal Hrabi, CEO of Phonexia. No-one could have predicted the extent to which the...
Clear CEO makes case for share of potentially lucrative biometric digital health credential market
People will get used to widespread health screening. That point was emphasized in an interview of Clear Chairman and CEO...
 
New tech leverages edge computing, biometrics and temperature screening to reduce COVID-19 exposure
A safe return to work is requiring a shift in workplace processes and facilities, and a growing number of vendors...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biometrics White Papers
Remote onboarding: How banks are changing the game
The number of new in-branch account openings was already on a sharp decline before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the shift...
 
Telco contact center fraud detector
When it comes to identity fraud specifically for telcos, fraudsters target the contact center with various scams. Fortunately, the latest...
Utilizing biometrics in refugee camp operations
Biometrics are emerging as the new standard in identity management for refugee camps. Promoted by the United Nations, biometrics have...
 
Best practices for rolled fingerprint capture using a livescan device
When a person’s fingerprints are enrolled into an AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System), it is important that the images are...
Online Events and Webinars
NG Healthcare Digital Summit
  June 22, 2020 - June 24, 2020
NG Healthcare Digital Summit Online June 22 – 24, 2020 Connecting 100 senior healthcare leaders digitally to collaborate on tackling...
Biometric quality: avoiding the GIGO principle
  June 22, 2020 - June 22, 2020
Biometric quality: Avoiding the GIGO principle Online June 22nd, 12:30pm “Garbage In, Garbage Out”. The well-known computer science GIGO principle...
ID4Africa webinar – Special symposium on industry response to Covid-19
  June 24, 2020 - June 24, 2020
ID4Africa webinar – Special symposium on industry response to Covid-19 Online June 24th, starting at 2:30pm CET Join Part 3...
Modeling the finger-vein imaging process
  June 29, 2020 - June 29, 2020
Modeling the finger-vein imaging process Online June 29, 12:30pm Finger-vein, or finger vascular pattern recognition is an upcoming form biometric...
TypingDNA webinar: Seamless authentication with typing biometrics
  June 30, 2020 - June 30, 2020
Seamless authentication with typing biometrics Webinar June 30, 2020 at 10am PDT During this webinar, TypingDNA, and Microsoft will share...