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Experts call for creation of FDA-style government body to regulate facial recognition
Could a U.S. government agency modeled on the Food and Drug Administration that categorizes biometric facial recognition technologies according to how risky they are and proscribes controls accordingly meet the regulatory challenges associated with the technology? .... Read the whole story here.

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IBM pulls face biometrics and questions their use by law enforcement in letter to Congress
IBM is mostly exiting the biometric facial recognition business, pulling its general purpose recognition and analysis software from the market and...
 
New standard will address jurisdictional and societal considerations for biometric applications
This is a guest post by Antoinette Price, Co-editor of IEC e-tech magazine. As global connectivity increases, we need to...
NIST requests feedback on digital identity guidelines, including for behavioral biometrics and liveness
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a call for comments on its digital identity guidelines contained in four...
 
Daon partners with Denver airport as contactless biometrics proposed to restore air travel confidence
Daon and Denver International Airport (DEN) have formed a strategic partnership to develop contactless biometric solutions for deployment throughout the airport...
Digital health credentials with face or fingerprint biometrics supported by Tony Blair Institute
Digital health credentials secured by biometrics should be adopted by the UK to allow people to resume travelling, according to...
 
Group says governments can push private sector AI ethics through procurements
A global think tank is reminding governments that they can indirectly impose ethical practices and standards on the woolly artificial...
ID R&D biometric liveness detection chosen for low-bandwidth fraud prevention
South African KYC and compliance technology provider RelyComply has selected ID R&D’s passive facial liveness technology to improve its customer’s user...
 
IDology and Smile Identity biometrics tapped for financial KYC, onboarding, authentication
Hydrogen has integrated its fintech platform with GBG subsidiary IDology to provide its clients with technology to run KYC checks...
IEC recognizes SIA access control communications protocol as international standard
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) technical committee on alarm and electronic security systems has recognized the Security Industry Association (SIA)...
 
Biometrics and fraud prevention firms announce awards, events, accelerator and consortium participation
In a series of announcements from around the biometrics and digital ID space, ID R&D and Redrock Biometrics have been...
U.S. Oversight Board Member and Australian academics question airport temperature screening plans
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Member Travis LeBlanc has written to Chad F. Wolf, acting secretary of the Department...
 
Biometric voter list in Ghana draws long lines and criticism, ID4Africa webinar series launch a hit
Innovation from and for the continent is one running theme in this week’s African biometrics news round-up, while issues around...
  Biometric contactless cards making a sprint for the mainstream
  Hikvision biometrics secure real estate developments in emirate of Ajman
  Facial biometrics and smart city technology rise in Asia gets new incentive from pandemic
  Idemia releases multi-modal biometric tablet for mobile ID enrollment, verification
  Zwipe secures order for small scale manufacturing of biometric payment cards
  Biometrics experts call for creation of FDA-style government body to regulate facial recognition
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