Biometric patient authentication growing throughout healthcare market The healthcare market is exploring a range of applications for biometric patient identity verification to reduce fraud and human error, and improve outcomes, as shown by a series of announcements over the latter part of February. Healthcare IT security...full story Categories: Biometric News | Healthcare Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

UK police told to remove images of innocent people from police database on request The UK home secretary has ordered UK police agencies to delete on request millions of images of innocent people illegally stored on a national police database, according to a report by The Guardian. According to a Home Office review,...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Law Enforcement Share: Facebook | Twitter

UIDAI lodges complaints due to inappropriate Aadhaar data use According to an article published in the Times of India, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has lodged criminal complaints with the Delhi Police against three firms for illegal use of Aadhaar biometric data. The firms under investigation...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID Share: Facebook | Twitter

INTERPOL World 2017 garners strong support from public and private sectors The organizers of this summer’s INTERPOL World 2017 are already reporting strong support from public and private sectors. INTERPOL World provides a platform for collaborations, information sharing, innovations and solutions in response to security threats. The event takes a...full story Categories: Biometric News | Law Enforcement Share: Facebook | Twitter

Safran releases new version of its Selfie-Check SDK In an effort to increase the accuracy and security of its biometric facial authentication solution for mobile devices, Safran Identity & Security has upgraded its Selfie-Check SDK with enhanced liveness detection. Now when users take a selfie for authentication,...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Mobile Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

Canadian tax agency is now fingerprinting tax evasion suspects The Canada Revenue Agency is now recording the fingerprints of every citizen charged with tax evasion and storing the information in a database, which could drastically limit foreign travel for all those suspected of criminal tax offence, according to...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Law Enforcement Share: Facebook | Twitter

Global biometrics market to exceed $10B by 2021: ABI Research ABI Research has published its “Hot Tech Innovators: Biometrics” report, which forecasts that the biometrics market will exceed $10 billion by 2021. In the report, ABI Research identifies four technologies that innovative and agile startups must incorporate into their...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

IDEX ASA issues Q4 2016 and year-end 2016 financial results IDEX has issued its Q4 2016 and year-end 2016 financial results, which recorded revenues of NOK 38.6 million (US$4.6 million) in 2016 compared to NOK 0.3 million (US$36,000) in 2015. In Q4 2016, the revenues amounted to NOK 12.5...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

NYDFS finalizes cybersecurity regulations for New York financial institutions The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) recently issued cybersecurity regulations that require New York banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions to create and maintain a cybersecurity program designed to protect consumers and the financial services...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services Share: Facebook | Twitter

Liquid launches payment service using fingerprint authentication in Indonesia Japanese firm Liquid Inc. has launched a payment service using fingerprint authentication in Indonesia. According to a report in the Bangkok Post, the joint venture with Indonesian conglomerate Salim Group is aiming for several hundred thousand users, with plans...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

ImageWare and SAP showcasing integrated solution at MWC ImageWare Systems and SAP will showcase the GoVerifyID integration with the SAP HANA Cloud Platform and Fiori UX at Mobile World Congress later this month. GoVerifyID, SAP HANA Cloud Platform and SAP Cloud Identity Service together enable single sign-on...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

CrucialTec to release on-screen fingerprint sensor solution this year Fingerprint module developer CrucialTec said it will begin supplying its on-screen fingerprint sensors that allows for biometric authentication on a smartphone screen, as opposed to the home button, to smartphone vendors around the world later this year, according to...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

BioID introduces eye recognition solution in public beta release Cloud biometrics developer BioID introduced its new biometric eye (periocular) recognition solution in a public beta release. In addition to the cloud-based face and voice authentication options currently available as part of its BioID Web Service (BWS), the new...full story Categories: Biometric News | Iris / Eye Share: Facebook | Twitter

Google working on fingerprint unlock feature for Chrome OS Chromebook owners with the right hardware may be able to start using their fingerprints to access their laptops later this year. According to a PCWorld report, Chrome Story recently spotted a new flag in Chrome OS Canary that discusses...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

HID Global’s healthcare ID technology trends point to the growing role of biometrics HID Global has shared three key identification technology trends emerging in the healthcare sector, which include integrated, compliant systems that are both convenient and connected; connected environments that drive the need to ensure the Internet of Trusted Things (IoTT);...full story Categories: Biometric News | Healthcare Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

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LendIt USA LendIt USA March 6-7, 2017 Javits Center, New York, NY LendIt USA is the world’s biggest show in lending and fintech, and in 2017 the event returns to New York City, taking over the Javits Center on March 6-7....full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

DCD>Enterprise DCD>Enterprise March 14-15 2017 Marriott Marquis, New York Stay ahead of 2017 and join your peers in the biggest data center meet up in New York, visionary speakers include Google, JP Morgan, Vapor IO, Bank Street Group LLC, Nissan...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

World Border Security Congress World Border Security Congress March 21-23, 2017 Casablanca, Morocco The World Border Security Congress is a high level 3 day event that will discuss and debate current and future policies, implementation issues and challenges as well as new and...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

FinDEVr New York 2017 FinDEVr New York 2017 March 21 & 22, 2017 Metropolitan Pavilion 125 W 18th St., New York, NY FinDEVr is the only conference series focused exclusively on the TECHNOLOGY of fintech and the developers, CTOs and other creators of...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter