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Borders, data protection, standards and a deal among top biometrics and digital ID news this week
Borders and data protection are prominent themes among the most widely-read news items of the week on Biometric Update. Progress on industry standards, market growth, a possible advance in facial recognition technology, and advancing government projects are among recent positive developments .. Read the full story here.

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Borders, data protection, standards and a deal among top biometrics and digital ID news this week
Borders and data protection are prominent themes among the most widely-read news items of the week on Biometric Update. Progress...
 
Consumer biometrics, speech recognition, 3D sensors and digital ID markets all to grow by at least 17 percent CAGR
The global market for consumer biometrics is forecast to have a CAGR of 19.6 percent from 2020 to 2025 by...
Lacking or weak biometric data policies concern authorities and advocates in Europe, Australia
Concerns about the privacy and security of biometric data have prompted consultations between the European Commission and regional data protection...
 
Vision-Box partners with Gatwick Airport for end-to-end biometrics, plans demo for PTE 2020
Vision-Box has partnered with Gatwick Airport in London to provide it with its Orchestra Services Platform for a seamless passenger...
CBP rolls out biometric facial comparison at point of entry in southern Texas
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has rolled out this week biometric facial recognition and comparison to pedestrian lanes at...
 
Assa Abloy buys biometric access control developer Biosite, receives SIA award
Assa Abloy has purchased biometric access solution developer Biosite for an undisclosed amount, the company announced. “I am very pleased...
Second biometric data privacy lawsuit against Clearview AI also includes partner supplying police
The second lawsuit alleging biometric privacy violations by Clearview AI under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been filed,...
 
Precise Biometrics strategic shift leads to breakthrough quarter, profit for full-year 2019
Precise Biometrics is lauding its latest results as evidence that its focus on smart card and digital identity offerings and...
Onfido reports 130 percent YOY growth, new hires, partnerships, U.S. expansion
Onfido reports a successful 2019, marked by 130 percent year-over-year growth in revenues for its biometric and digital ID offerings,...
 
Rank One claims a victory in NIST’s new benchmark for face-scan memory use
A key U.S. government standards agency has begun tabulating runtime memory use by facial recognition algorithms, and a Colorado-based software...
FaceTec biometric authentication implemented by leading dating app maker to stop bots and catfishing
The Meet Group, a leading maker of dating and social entertainment apps has integrated 3D face authentication technology from FaceTec...
 
Financial services companies partner up to replace legacy access control with biometrics
Several banks, fintech, and financial services companies have found partners to provide biometric authentication for secure onboarding and transactions, with...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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