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OBIM is the big winner in DHS’s FY 2020 funding budget for biometrics
The DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management wins big under DHS’s proposed Fiscal Year 2020 budget, with a request for $269.6 million, a 6 percent increase. This includes a requested increase of $23.2 million to support the operations for both the Automated Biometric Identification System and the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology System. The base for this activity is $160.7 million .. Read the full story here.

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Thales uses Gemalto tech to enhance biometric matching performance, protect environment
Thales is applying technologies from the aerospace industry to enhance its Biometric Matching System (BMS) performance and lower detrimental impact...
 
Biometric passports planned for Jamaica and Bangladesh, new eID for Fiji and Romania
Fiji’s National Identification Card will be linked to electronic passports to create a new ID system that will share important...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Facebook’s bid to review biometric privacy case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Facebook’s appeal of the decision to certify a Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)...
 
UK’s planned border control policy big on biometrics
The UK’s Conservative government is focusing efforts on introducing biometrics-based border control policy, writes Science Direct. The system would be...
Biometric door handle and fingerprint bike lock makers surpass goals in crowdfunding campaigns
Walsun has developed a biometric fingerprint lock for bikes, e-bikes and motorcycles that weighs only 220g and unlocks in under...
 
Pakistan leverages biometric screening to prevent terror funding through national investment schemes
In an effort to prevent funding terrorism, Pakistan will require biometric screening and identity verification for those participating in national...
Google CEO backs facial biometrics moratorium and calls for AI regulation
The EU’s proposed temporary moratorium on biometric facial recognition technology use is being supported by Alphabet and Google CEO Sunder...
 
OBIM is the big winner in DHS’s FY 2020 funding budget for biometrics
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) wins big under DHS’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY)...
Suprema demos facial recognition, biometric access control at Intersec 2020
Suprema has released its most recent facial recognition solution, mobile credential solution and its enterprise access control solutions at Intersec...
 
Shanghai rolls out biometric terminals to prevent drug abuse
The Chinese government has introduced a biometric drug terminal at 31 health care organizations in Shanghai that uses facial recognition...
Researchers find biometric, biographical and location data of thousands of China’s school children unprotected online
A database of Chinese school children’s faces and their locations on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. servers has been found online...
 
The promise and hazard of facial biometrics played out in one New York startup
Anyone wondering what the future of biometric facial recognition looks like in the United States would have a good model...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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