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Microsoft joins the crowd in declining to sell facial recognition to U.S. police until federal law in place
Microsoft has followed Amazon and IBM in declaring it does not sell facial recognition technology to police in the United States, because of its principles, pending the implementation of a national legal framework that will protect against its use in violating human rights .... Read the whole story here.

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Normee raises $2.5M to fund expansion of palm print and vein biometrics to overseas markets
Japanese startup Normee, which develops software for palm print and vein biometrics on mobile devices, has raised 270 million yen...
 
Onfido pushes for a unitary EU regulatory framework for digital identity verification
As digital identity plays a valuable part in financial services and tech ecosystems in Europe to ensure the customer is...
Microsoft joins the crowd in declining to sell facial biometrics to U.S. police until federal law in place
Microsoft has followed Amazon and IBM in declaring it does not sell facial recognition technology to police in the United States,...
 
Telpo and UnionCommunity launch contactless biometric temperature screening terminals as market heats up
Telpo has launched a new non-contact terminal combining biometric facial recognition and body temperature measurement with access control and time and...
Myanmar closes delayed biometrics tender amid funding confusion, data protection laws still absent
The government of Myanmar has carried out a tender process for a biometric database for mobile phone subscribers, alarming civil...
 
Biometrics pose highest challenge to data controls in humanitarian efforts, Red Cross says
Data control, integrity and availability are mandatory now that technology is deployed for humanitarian efforts, Balthasar Staehelin, ICRC (International Committee...
Amazon pauses sale of facial biometrics to police while advocates push Microsoft and Ring to follow
Amazon has put a one-year moratorium on direct sales of its biometric facial recognition service to law enforcement to allow for...
 
Clearview AI agrees to delete facial images from biometric service, Canada excluded
Biometric facial recognition company Clearview AI has allegedly agreed to delete some of its data through an opt-out system, but...
EU regulators warns facial recognition in law enforcement, commercial settings may be illegal
The European Data Protection Board is worried about the legality of the use of biometric services such as Clearview AI...
 
Abu Dhabi Airport deploys gesture recognition to elevators to prevent COVID-19 spread
Abu Dhabi International Airport has deployed touchless gesture recognition technology to 53 elevators to prevent the spread of the COVID-19...
Panasonic i-PRO introduces automated video identity redaction solution
Panasonic Public Safety Solutions Division, part of Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions, is now offering an identity redaction tool which automates...
 
Maryland law prohibits face-scanning during job interviews without consent
Beginning October 1, it will be illegal for a company to use biometric facial recognition during the process of interviewing...
Haryana reinstatement of biometric authentication for state aid upheld by state high court
A legal challenge of the use of biometrics for distribution of rations and other state aid in the Indian state...
 
Plans for digital identity provider participation in UK government system partially revealed
Indications of the UK Government Digital Service’s (GDS’s) plans for digital identity after the expected sunset of its Gov.uk Verify...
  BIO-key to offer full biometric authentication stack with $2.5M PistolStar acquisition
  Persona facial recognition and biometric liveness secure scale-up of Umbrella volunteer base
  Proposal would ban warrantless facial biometrics on U.S. police body cameras, use on protestors questioned
  Nets releases eID for remote digital identification, launches EU payments alliance with partners
  UK to collect migrant fingerprints in France and plans longer retention of terrorism suspect biometrics
  Daon’s biometric health screening app deployed to prevent COVID-19 spread at U.S. university
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