States Considering Biometrics Capture Laws May Look to Illinois Privacy Laws
Recent class action lawsuits filed against Facebook and Shutterfly are the first to test the Illinois? Biometric Information Privacy Act, which requires organizations to acquire consent prior to collecting a person?s biometric data for commercial purposes.
Alipay Executive Says Biometrics Will Replace Passwords Within Three Years
At a presentation at the Digital Commerce Summit in Shanghai, Alipay VP Jason Lu predicted that biometric verification for mobile payments will eventually replace traditional passwords. Lu spent the large part of his presentation talking about the possibilities for biometric authentication via mobile devices, particularly in the cases of facial and fingerprint recognition technologies.
ImageWare Secures Patents in Canada and Australia for Multimodal Biometric Platform
ImageWare Systems, Inc., a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, has been awarded patent number 2,588,078 by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and patent number 2005307863 by the Patent Office of Australia for technology used in the company?s multi-modal biometric ID and authorization system. This technology is marketed by ImageWare as the IWS Biometric Engine®. Imageware had also been previously awarded the patent on this technology in the United States.
KeyLemon Announces Strategic Partnership With Biometric Password Solution Onefacein
KeyLemon announced it has integrated its face and speaker recognition solution with onefacein’s biometric password solution, allowing users to securely access all of their password-protected sites with their face, voice and synced devices. Launched in July, onefacein offers an affordable multifactor-authentication biometric solution with advanced face and speaker recognition technology.
Morpho, Provider of Biometrics and Secure Identification Solutions, Joins Natural Security Alliance
Natural Security Alliance’s biometric strong authentication standard makes it possible for users to access the full range of electronic services (e.g. online and in-store payments, cash withdrawals, online banking, FIDO services, identity management) with the guarantee that they will retain full control of their biometric data and that their privacy will be protected.
Suprema Teams With Axis to Offer Door Biometric Solution
Suprema, a leading global provider of biometrics and security technology, has announced that Suprema biometric devices can now be paired with Axis Communications and its AXIS A1001 Network Door Controller through ENTERTECH SYSTEMS’ BioConnect 3.0 identity management platform. This new integration helps enterprises around the world successfully deploy access control systems with leading biometric technology.
Biometrics Webinar
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BTAS ? 2015 IEEE 7th International Conference on Biometrics Theory, Applications and Systems
The IEEE Seventh International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS 2015), a continuation of the highly successful BTAS conference series started in 2007, will be held in the September 8 – 11, 2015 time period in Arlington, Virginia in the Washington, DC area (USA). BTAS 2015 is a premier research conference focused on […]
Biometric in Forensic, Security and Mobile Applications.
In the last decade, research on the automated recognition of people has evolved to cover a large number of applications. From the early days, when security was the driving force behind biometric research, today’s challenges go far beyond security. Machine learning, Image understanding, Signal analysis, Neuroscience, Forensic science, and other disciplines, converged in a truly […]
Credentialing Technology & Biometrics
This one-day, instructor led course is designed to present concepts and examples that are necessary to plan and implement smart card credentialing technologies (including iCLASS, MIFARE, and DESFire) and biometric access control technologies.
How to Access Federal Funding for Biometric Technology
MorphoTrak, the nation?s leading provider of biometric identification solutions including facial recognition, Rapid DNA, mobile ID, PIV-based access control, and multimodal biometric systems, will present How to Access Federal Funding for Biometric Technology, Thursday March 5, 10 am ? 11 am Your organization?s struggle to acquire funding for AFIS and other biometric technologies is over. […]
Border Management and Technologies Summit
Now entering our 3rd year of our Border Management event, we will look into emerging countries that are making significant improvements to their border security. The event will also look into the new technologies and paradigms being developed to create more efficient borders.. With more airports across Europe using ABC systems we will gain different […]
Gesture and Biometrics Market to Grow 500% by 2019
The global market for services based on gesture and biometric technologies will grow by 500% over the next four years, according to Juniper Research. The report —Human Interface & Biometric Devices: Emerging Ecosystems, Opportunities & Forecasts 2014-2019— predicts that the market will reach $1.2 billion by 2019, up from less than $2 million this year.
Handheld Biometrics Deployed to Indonesia in Aid of AirAsia Victim Identification
The Trident handheld reader is helping to biometrically identify victims of the recent AirAsia tragedy. AirAsia Flight QZ8501 went missing on December 28, 2014, enroute from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. The fight was found shortly after, having crashed into the waters south of Borneo and killed all 162 passengers. In the effort to identify the fallen victims of this latest major airline disaster, Indonesia’s Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (INAFIS) has been employed with the various Disaster Victim Identification teams.
Atmel and Fingerprint Cards Enter Strategic Partnership for Biometric Fingerprint and Touchscreen Solutions
Atmel® Corporation, a global leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions and Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC), a world leader in fingerprint verification solutions, announced the two companies are jointly bringing the world’s best capacitive touchscreens and touch fingerprint area sensor technology to smart devices. The joint integration accelerates an OEM’s time-to-market by bringing must-have high-performance security and user interface solutions from two leading providers.
As Florida Bans Use of Biometric IDs in Schools, Other States Scale Back on Big Brother
The sun sets on biometric tracking technology in schools, for now in Florida. Do you know where your student is? At school? On the bus? Paying for lunch in the cafeteria? Principals in thousands of the nation’s schools know the answer because radio frequency chips are embedded in students’ ID cards, or their schools are equipped with biometric scanners that can identify portions of a student’s fingerprint, the iris of an eye, or a vein in a palm.
State Lawmakers Continue to Place Restrictions on Biometrics in Schools
Several U.S. states have implemented bans or restrictions on the use of biometric technologies in schools as concerns over student privacy have increased in response to recent breaches of government and commercial databases, according to a report by The PEW Charitable Trusts. Earlier this year, Florida became the first state in the nation to ban the use of biometric identification in its schools.
LaserLock Licenses Multi-Factor Biometric Platform to Major Financial Firm
LaserLock Technologies announced that it has signed an agreement to license its VerifyMe Identity Services platform to a major financial services advisory firm. At this time, the firm is unnamed, but according to LaserLock it consolidates hundreds of billions of dollars in assets for around 100,000 investment banking clients.
Former University President Dennis Berkey To Head Biometric Company
Former Worcester Polytechnic Institute president Dennis Berkey has been named president and chief operating officer of a Cape Cod-based biometric security company. Mr. Berkey has been tapped to lead Biometric Identification and Security Systems, based in Cotuit. Besides leading WPI for nine years, Mr. Berkey was a dean and university provost at Boston University. He […]
Biometrics And Wireless Pair Up Through ENTERTECH SYSTEMS And ProdataKey Alliance To Enable Mainstream Adoption Of Secure Access Control
ENTERTECH SYSTEMS, the official operating partner for Suprema in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Puerto Rico, has just announced a strategic partnership with ProdataKey, a leading wireless smart access control products innovator. ProdataKey will offer Suprema biometric products to their integration partners and through their network of national and international distribution […]