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Face biometrics implementations expanding for vehicles, retail systems and health passes
Facial recognition is prominent among the top news stories this past week as paperwork for a blockbuster IPO has been filed, retail, automotive and digital health pass market segments continue to heat up, and recent NIST testing shows AnyVision and CloudWalk among the top accuracy leaders .. Read the full report here.

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EU cybersecurity agency issues biometrics, remote identity proofing guidance for eIDAS compliance
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has published a set of five technical guidance documents to recommend best practices...
 
Biometrics and user control, maybe a piece of paper; Gruener and Cavoukian on Good Health Passes
The Good Health Pass initiative is ID2020’s most ambitious project yet. In a sense, it could be considered a culmination...
AnyVision facial recognition scores among FRVT 1:1 leaders, CloudWalk revealed as MoonTime developer
AnyVision has earned top rankings for biometric accuracy across all five category groups in the latest Face Recognition Vendor Test...
 
Idex Biometrics receives fingerprint sensor order from Goldpac as strategic partnership announced
Idex Biometrics has been selected as a strategic partner for Goldpac’s digital currency and electronics payment smartcard project, and received...
Face biometrics giant Megvii approved for $925M IPO on Shanghai Star exchange
Megvii is the latest biometrics unicorn from China to move towards an IPO, with the Shanghai Stock Exchange accepting the...
 
Consider capabilities of biometrics more broadly, Princeton Identity CEO urges
When Princeton Identity was spun out of SRI International in 2016, President and CEO Bobby Varma along with a core...
Biometric training data privacy suit to go ahead, but Microsoft and Amazon win partial dismissal
A pair of biometric data privacy suits, filed against Microsoft and Amazon, will go ahead after a federal judge in...
 
In-display fingerprint biometrics rumored for Apple, implemented by Goodix as patent lawsuit filed
A new report shared by Barclays analysts with MacRumors seems to confirm previous rumors hinting at under-display fingerprint biometrics on...
Samsung, SenseTime work on in-cabin biometrics as vehicle access market to grow at 9 percent CAGR
Biometric systems within the global market for vehicle access control will increase by 9.3 percent CAGR over the next seven...
 
Retail biometrics heating up with new cloud services, successful PoCs, expansion and joint venture
Retailers continue to roll out biometrics for a range of applications, and CyberLink provides examples in the form of a...
France’s new biometric ID cards from IN Groupe actually fit in people’s wallets, enable EU travel
The rollout of France’s new national digital identity card with embedded fingerprint biometrics, supplied by IN Groupe, began this week...
 
Police facial recognition use in Belarus, Greece, Myanmar raises rights, data privacy concerns
Facial recognition software developed by Belarusian software design company LLC Synesis and implemented by the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs,...
  Libya and Pakistan unveil biometric passport plans
  NYC proposes regulations for sale of biometrics by businesses
  ID R&D awarded patent for text-dependent voice biometrics improvement
  New White House, same beef with China telecom and biometrics powerhouses
  Evernym webinar charts path to digital ID privacy for verifiable health credentials
  Health passes shake up digital identity landscape as Walmart choses Clear biometrics
  LoginID raises $6M in Seed round to accelerate biometric FIDO authentication adoption
  Socure becomes latest biometrics and digital identity unicorn with $100M funding round
  EU cybersecurity agency issues biometrics, remote identity proofing guidance for eIDAS compliance
  IPVM shows new IR body temperature cameras using biometric face detection systematically unreliable
Biometrics White Papers
Voice Biometric Revolution – Why voice ID is now secure enough for device unlock
There are numerous circumstances where a user needs hands-free access and cannot touch or look at the device directly. This...
 
The important role of liveness detection in face biometric authentication
In order for face biometrics to truly gain mainstream adoption as a better mode of authentication, it is essential to...
Events and Webinars
Demographic fairness in biometric systems
  March 9, 2021 - March 30, 2021
Demographic fairness in biometric systems EAB Online Seminar March 9 to March 30, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB)...
Many new kids on the block. Explaining and comparing the latest fingerprint technologies
  March 23, 2021 - March 23, 2021
Many new kids on the block. Explaining and comparing the latest fingerprint technologies EAB Online Seminar Tuesday March 23, 2021,...
Reimagining Digital Identity During and After COVID 19 for DI 6.0
  March 24, 2021 - March 24, 2021
Reimagining Digital Identity During and After COVID 19 for DI 6.0 Online March 24, 2021 10:00 EST/15:00 GMT Group Futurista will...
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit
  April 7, 2021 - April 8, 2021
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit Online April 7 – 8, 2021 Facial recognition technology is riding high on a new...
ID4Africa Livecast – Vaccination Certificates & Identity Management
  April 8, 2021 - April 8, 2021
ID4Africa Livecast – Vaccination Certificates and Identity Management Online April 8, 2021 12:30-14:30 GMT Among governments and those in the...
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