U.S. legislators move to limit drone surveillance and facial recognition Bicameral legislation was introduced last week to the U.S. houses of congress by Senator Edward J. Markey and Rep. Peter Welch to protect individual privacy from the growing number of government and commercial drones in use. The Drone Aircraft...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Surveillance Share: Facebook | Twitter

Citigroup’s voice authentication option reaches one million customers in Asia Citigroup, which rolled out voice recognition technology to its consumer banking customers in Asia Pacific last May, has enrolled one million customers for its new voice authentication option, according to a report by Finews.Asia. The bank was the first...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services | Voice Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

Facial recognition kiosks installed at Ottawa International Airport Passengers arriving on international flights to Canada’s Ottawa International Airport will have the option of using a self-serve facial recognition-based kiosk to expedite the arrival process, according to a report by the CBC. It was reported earlier this month...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

SITA working group to define roadmap for secure end-to-end passenger experience SITA has formed the Secure Journeys Working Group, a new initiative aimed at addressing growing airport security threats in the United States. The group will provide policy guidance to the Transportation Security Administration, the Customs and Border Protection Agency,...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security Share: Facebook | Twitter

Aadhaar authentication devices will have to comply with new encryption standards Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the governing agency in charge of Aadhaar, will make it mandatory for all devices using Aadhaar authentication to comply with its new encryption standards, according to a report by The Economic Times. The...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID Share: Facebook | Twitter

UK biometrics commissioner criticizes plans for custody images database The UK’s Biometrics Commissioner has condemned the government’s response to a High Court ruling from 2012, stating that the mass retention of custody images is unlawful. Last month the government proposed only that police forces delete on request millions...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Law Enforcement Share: Facebook | Twitter

Keyo offering biometric payment system with palm vein authentication Keyo has developed a biometric payment platform that maps the pattern of blood vessels in a person’s hand to generate a unique biometric identifier connected to their credit card or debit card, according to a report by ChicagoInno. Using...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services Share: Facebook | Twitter

FIDO Alliance paper details extending PKI security with authentication standards The FIDO Alliance has released a new white paper in support of the U.S. Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity’s recommendations for all agencies to use strong authentication across all government systems. Titled “Leveraging FIDO Standards to Extend the PKI...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Government Purchasing Share: Facebook | Twitter

Nigeria to register 16m farmers in biometric database The Nigerian government said it will register at least 16 million farmers in a new biometric database to enable them to receive benefits from intervention packages during the 2017 cropping season, according to a report by Today. Professor Danbala...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID | Financial Services Share: Facebook | Twitter

Aadhaar program wins World Bank praise Paul Romer, Chief Economist at the World Bank, told Bloomberg that India’s Aadhaar scheme is tremendously effective and should be emulated around the world. According to a report by Bloomberg, Romer said: “The system in India is the most...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID | Financial Services 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

Smart Surveillance for Safer Cities Smart Surveillance for Safer Cities March 27-28, 2017 Abu Dhabi, UAE The Smart Surveillance for Safer Cities conference will be a platform for you to network with government stakeholders responsible for deploying smart surveillance technologies and improving public safety...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Smart Card Alliance 2017 Payments Summit Smart Card Alliance 2017 Payments Summit March 27-30, 2017 Orlando, FL, U.S.A. The Payments Summit is the premier industry event covering all things payments, including FinTech, EMV chip technology, mobile wallets, NFC, contactless, open transit systems and more. Attend...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

IoT Asia 2017 IoT Asia 2017 29-30 March 2017 Singapore EXPO, Singapore #iotasia As the first dedicated platform in Asia to address the enormous potential of the IoT revolution, the first edition of IoT Asia in 2014 was ahead of its competition....full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter