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Face biometrics deployments increase as regulator and public push back
The regulatory heat around facial recognition continues to rise, even as implementations increase from airports to digital health credentials around the world. The renewed focus on digital ID caused by the pandemic has carried on apace to start 2021, as well .. Read the full report here.

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Ensuring facial recognition is ‘a force for good’ with Corsight’s new privacy chief Tony Porter
After seven years working on regulation of face biometrics and other technologies used for surveillance by law enforcement and intelligence...
 
FTC declares facial recognition surveillance tech dangerous, warns against federal privacy pre-emption
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has come out swinging against facial recognition, issuing a proposed settlement with Paravision which Law Street reports...
Rank One appoints biometrics industry veteran, former Idemia NSS head Scott Swann as CEO
Rank One Computing has appointed Scott Swann as its new chief executive, bringing 25 years of experience in the field of...
 
Paravision answers face biometrics ethics concerns with AI Principles and new chief advisor
Paravision has published a set of principles to guide the ethical development of face biometrics and other technologies related to artificial...
Biometrics companies announce gains in revenue and stock price amid positioning for 2021
Publicly-traded companies in the biometrics space have reported progress on a range of fronts, from revenue gains by EyeLock to...
 
Megvii tries again for major biometrics IPO on Shanghai’s Star exchange
Megvii has filed paperwork for an initial public offering on the Shanghai Star Market, South China Morning Post reports, in what could...
Plurilock files behavioral biometrics patent for continuous remote worker authentication
Plurilock has filed for a patent to cover a new form of continuous authentication with behavioral biometrics for remote workers. The...
 
New tech for in-display biometrics developed by Qualcomm, Samsung
Qualcomm has announced that its newest in-display biometric fingerprint sensors will be deployed in smartphones early this year, writes Engadget....
Aculab and Jenetric each receive ISO certifications
Aculab has been recommended for ISO 27001 accreditation, providing assurance to the company’s voice biometrics customers of the security of...
 
Aware ranks first in the US in MINEX III’s biometric leaderboards
Aware has announced positive results in the NIST MINEX III (Minutiae Interoperability Exchange) biometric fingerprint technology evaluation on Tuesday. Of the...
Clearview AI biometrics searches spike as police work to identify Capitol rioters
Alabama’s Oxford city police department is among U.S. law enforcement departments using Clearview AI’s controversial biometric facial recognition software to...
 
‘Lashing together’ biometrics development for the US intelligence community
Coordination of effort in the federal government has not been in vogue for four years, but one segment of the...
Digital transformation will confirm Britain’s place in the world post-Brexit
By Harry Weber-Brown, Digital Innovation Director at TISA. There is no doubt that 2020 was a trying year for the...
 
Could COVID-19 accelerate the adoption of a national digital ID in the US?
By Shai Cohen, Head of Global Fraud Solutions at TransUnion COVID-19 has created a new level of anxiety for consumers...
  Big IR dataset compiled for training face biometric systems
  TSA challenge crowdsources biometrics innovation for airports
  Trulioo appoints CRO to oversee planned biometric verification revenue growth
  Idemia NSS to provide biometrics and identity services at 4,000 US post offices
  Face biometrics firm SVI and digital ID platform Auth0 announce board appointments
  Cayman Islands launches tender for national digital ID cards via proposal request
  Close-set eyes, thin mouth, sharp nose — AI sums your face for political affiliation
  Biometric voting machine failures isolated incidents, Uganda’s Electoral Commission says
  Huawei, Megvii, SenseTime patents describing biometric ethnicity detection, tracking revealed
  Grounds for lawsuits based on biometric data retention in Illinois clarified by Appeals Court
Biometrics White Papers
The dawn of end-to-end AML compliance
AML fines are rising each year as financial institutions continue to make the same compliance mistakes. Often, organizations must cobble...
 
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...
Events and Webinars
Future of Fraud Management for Businesses
  January 27, 2021 - January 27, 2021
Future of Fraud Management for Businesses Online January 27, 2021 Group Futurista, a leading global event organizer is delighted to...
AI in Payments & Fraud Risk Management (Europe) Summit
  January 28, 2021 - January 29, 2021
AI in Payments & Fraud Risk Management (Europe) Summit Online January 28 – 29, 2021 Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here...
Deep Learning 2.0 Virtual Summit
  January 28, 2021 - January 29, 2021
Deep Learning 2.0 Virtual Summit Online January 28 – 29, 2021 Discover the latest technical advancements and business applications in...
ID4Africa Livecast – Open APIs as a Pathway to Identity and Sectoral System Development
  January 28, 2021 - January 28, 2021
ID4Africa Livecast – Open APIs as a Pathway to Identity and Sectoral System Development Online January 28, 2021, 13:30 –...
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