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Facial recognition datasets and controversies drive biometrics and digital ID news of the week
Facial recognition and controversy around the technology were the theme common to most of the past week’s top stories. After a few weeks of relative calm for facial biometrics, the biggest stories about court cases, regulation, and market growth were all focused on the same modality; and then there was Clearview AI .. Read the full story here.

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Facial recognition datasets and controversies drive biometrics and digital ID news of the week
Facial recognition and controversy around the technology were the theme common to most of the past week’s top stories on...
 
Moscow launches live facial biometrics surveillance network NtechLab CEO calls world’s largest
Video surveillance analytics including biometric facial recognition provided by NtechLab has been launched at scale in Moscow as of the...
Could cloud liveness detection and facial biometrics make high security attractive?
A recently granted U.S. patent links facial recognition, liveness detection and cloud computing. In June 2018, a secretive licensing startup...
 
USCIS revises biometrics collection guidance on fingerprint waivers, mobile service policy
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Thursday issued new policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the...
UK proposes IoT and consumer smart devices security guidelines
This article originally appeared on EdgeIR.com. Shortly after California became the very first U.S. state to introduce a law addressing...
 
FIDO Alliance announces speaker lineup for Authenticate Conference
FIDO Alliance has chosen Dr. Whitfield Diffie, the co-inventor of public key cryptography, and executives from Google, Microsoft and Yubico...
Trust Stamp secures Mastercard investment to provide authentication with low connectivity
Trust Stamp has secured a strategic investment from Mastercard to expand on its AI-powered authentication services for developing communities, after...
 
Humanitarian digital identity tech support program and first partner announced by Yoti
A new tech support program has been launched by Yoti to help humanitarian organizations and humanitarian-focussed startups apply technology to...
Auraya Systems upgrades voice biometric fraud detector
Auraya Systems has upgraded capabilities for its voice biometric fraud detector dubbed Eva, which enables real-time seamless fraud detection and...
 
Mitek achieves 25% revenue growth in fiscal Q1
Mitek Systems registered a 25 percent revenue growth and a notable surge in non-GAAP net income for the first quarter...
Proxyclick secures $15M investment to grow presence in US market, improve biometric security
Proxyclick has secured $15 million in series B funding led by Five Elms Capital, with participation from Series A investor...
 
Fime awarded Fido Alliance accreditation for biometrics testing services
Fime is the seventh biometrics testing lab to achieve accreditation in the FIDO Alliance’s Biometric Component Certification Program. The accreditation...
  Idex Biometrics expands patent coverage for on-card biometric enrollment
  DTIS appoints former TSA exec as COO and Executive VP
  IoT device authentication rules unclear as California law comes into force
  Ford introduces voice biometric-based 3D-printed locking wheel nut
  EU no longer considering facial recognition ban in public spaces
  Hitachi and Ubisecure partner to deploy frictionless biometrics for customer authentication
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