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Biometrics deployments and legal action set up more of each
Biometrics for airport use now and in the future made up two of the top stories on Biometric Update this week .. read the full report here

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
DHS Biometric Rally results show groups pose little challenge to effective matching
Biometric technology is very close to allowing people in airports to pass through identification areas for processing in small groups,...
 
‘Digital wallets to be as essential as browsers’: OpenWallet Foundation calls for builders
“What we’re trying to accomplish is not standards, trust frameworks and governance, but we are going to build code –...
Air Canada launches face biometrics for passenger ID
Air Canada, Canada’s largest airline, has become the first airline in the country to offer customers facial recognition technology for...
 
Biometrics systems in airports warming with the weather
Spring is approaching in the Northern Hemisphere and thoughts are turning to something resembling a normal travel season. In fact,...
Tony Blair Institute calls for decentralized government-issued digital ID for all
By Chris Burt and Frank Hersey The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change is calling for a change of course...
 
iProov and OIX leaders respond to Blair Institute report
A public call by the Tony Blair Institute for the UK government to issue decentralized digital IDs to all who...
Age verification for porn access supported across UK electorate, finds poll
A survey for right-leaning TV news channel GB News finds that 78 percent of the British public support age verification...
 
ID R&D releases tool to tackle injection attacks and deepfakes
ID R&D has released new biometric software designed to address deepfake and digital injection attacks. Called IDLive Face Plus, the...
IDloop develops 3D fingerprint scanner with microscopic resolution, joins accelerator
Germany-based IDloop has developed a contactless 3D fingerprint scanner that it says is the first of its kind with microscopic...
 
Double anonymity to bring age verification to porn and social media in France
“2023 will see the end of access to pornographic sites for our children,” said French Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot at...
Biometric recognition tests can’t be used for all use cases
Trust being essential to the algorithmic identification industry, it bears noting that having tests for, say, performance is not enough...
 
New study reveals motion data can identify people in VR
A new study has revealed that the movements of an individual’s head and hands in a virtual reality (VR) application...
Startup Omnigarde passes full set of NIST fingerprint interoperability tests
California-based Omnigarde has passed a U.S. government fingerprint template interoperability test, for both the generation and matching of biometric templates....
 
Biometric data privacy lawsuits approach the absurd with Illinois ruling, Texas claims
White Castle could be forced to pay out $17 billion in damages to a plaintiff for biometric data privacy infringements...
  Prominent digital identity groups Kantara, WPF, Bitkom add leaders
  Evrotrust digital ID and e-signature customer takes stake for €2.5M
  Infineon, TrustSEC team up to strengthen biometric smart card security
  Breaking biometric siloes via dialogue: the Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop
  Netcetera picks up digital identity, SSI and payments talent in Kamino merger
  Shufti shows ID document fraud increase, Onfido warns of tighter regulations
  US computer & comms group has problems with state’s biometric privacy bills
  Anonymized demographic data, targeted advertising added to ITL’s age estimation
  Chinese biometric surveillance camera vendors in West take cases to the media and courts
  Sumsub, iDenfy, Identomat and Plaid each move to ease compliance checks for businesses
Biometrics White Papers
January 2023 update to ISO/IEC standard 30107-3: How do changes affect development and testing?
In January of 2023, ISO/IEC published a new, second edition of the 30107-3 standard that replaces the earlier, first edition...
 
Biometrics are transforming the retail landscape
The retail experience has undergone profound shifts in the past decade. As consumers grew more comfortable making purchases online, they...
ISO PAD and FIDO testing comparison
Two of the most popular testing services that iBeta offers are ISO 30107 compliance, and FIDO Biometrics Component Certification. To...
 
On-demand webinar – Human or machine: AI proves best at spotting biometric attacks
With large organizations processing millions of face checks monthly, one advantage of AI liveness detection is the reduced burden on...
Events and Webinars
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
Workshop on protection of biometric data under GDPR
  March 1, 2023
World Police Summit
  March 7, 2023 - March 9, 2023
7th Edition Connected Banking Summit East Africa
  March 7, 2023
GISEC 2023
  March 14, 2023 - March 16, 2023
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