Microsoft and Amazon under fire over facial recognition technology Criticism of technology companies based on the applications their facial recognition products are being used for is growing, with Amazon...full story

New York, DHS testing voting systems cybersecurity The New York State Board of Elections—in concert with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Division...full story

Precise Biometrics CFO resigns Precise Biometrics announced today that CFO Göran Thuresson has decided to leave the company and that it will start looking...full story

New South Wales allocates AU$52.6M for national biometric system rollout The state government of New South Wales has allocated AU$52.6 million (US$38.8 million) over four years, beginning in 2018-2019, to...full story

Signicat integrates Belgian eID itsme to extend digital identity service across Europe Signicat has partnered with Belgian Mobile ID to integrate the itsme digital identity scheme with its Digital Identity Platform, enabling...full story

Indian IT Minister says Aadhaar saves government millions per year, backs 880 million bank accounts Indian IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad defended the Aadhaar program at a ministry conference and declined to say what the...full story

BIO-key awarded US patent for utilization of biometric data BIO-key announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company Patent 10,002,244 for the Utilization of Biometric...full story

Acuant integrates selfie and ID document verification with Experian fraud prevention platform Acuant is integrating its Assure ID with Experian’s CrossCore to bring its machine learning-powered facial recognition and ID document verification...full story

NEC responds to Australian biometrics services contract termination NEC has responded to the recent cancelation of its biometric identity services (BIS) contract with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission...full story

Driver’s license photos increasingly used by U.S. police for identification with facial recognition Police in Hagerstown, Maryland have arrested a robbery suspect identified by comparing a photo from Instagram to the State’s database...full story

Biometrics Institute Authentication and Digital Services Seminar Authentication and Digital Services Seminar 20-21 June 2018 New York City Moderated by David Birch of Consult Hyperion, an internationally...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

The Goode Intelligence Biometric Summit London 2018 The Goode Intelligence Biometric Summit London 2018 London, UK June 21, 2018 The Goode Intelligence Biometric Summit London 2018 on...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

SDW 2018 SDW 2018 25-27 June, 2018 QEII Centre, London, UK SDW is a world-leading conference and exhibition event providing a global...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

DCD>Webscale DCD>Webscale June 26 San Fransico Welcome to DCD>Webscale, the international event for professionals involved in the design and delivery of...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Sensors Expo & Conference Sensors Expo & Conference Conference & Expo: June 27-28, 2018 Pre-Conference Symposia: June 26, 2018 McEnery Convention Center San Jose,...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter