Match Group’s Face Check Named a 2026 Fast Company World Changing Idea
Match Group’s Face Check, the facial verification system Tinder uses to confirm that new users are real people who match their profile photos, has been named a…
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Monroe County Weighs Bill Requiring Businesses to Disclose Facial Recognition Use
A proposed law in Monroe County, New York, would require businesses such as grocery stores, restaurants, and banks to tell customers when they use facial…
Vimeo Documents Persona-Powered Age Verification With Selfie Age Estimation
Vimeo has detailed how it checks users’ ages, using identity-verification vendor Persona and, in some cases, selfie-based facial age estimation, as it complies…
Civil-Liberties Groups Warn Ireland’s Garda AI Bill Lacks Safeguards on Biometric Powers
Civil-liberties campaigners and a Trinity College Dublin law academic are warning that Ireland is poised to grant police expanded artificial-intelligence…
FBI Issues Third Market-Research RFI for Biometric-Matching Algorithms
The FBI is pressing ahead with market research into biometric-matching algorithms, issuing a third request for information through its Criminal Justice…
Western Australia Police to Trial Live Facial Recognition in an Australian First
Western Australia Police will trial real-time facial recognition cameras that scan the faces of people in crowds and check them against a watchlist, becoming…
Pakistan Rolls Out At-Home Facial Recognition for Pensioner Proof-of-Life Checks
Pakistan’s pensioners can soon confirm they are alive and eligible for payments using facial recognition from home, sparing them trips to the bank. Federal…
Biometric-Contractor Staff Among Those Arrested in Alleged Indian Exam Impersonation Racket
Indian police have arrested employees of the biometric-verification contractor responsible for authenticating candidates at a NEET medical entrance…
Hancom Auth Passes Korean Financial-Sector Biometric Evaluation
Hancom WITH says its facial-authentication platform, Hancom Auth, has passed the performance evaluation run by the Korea Financial Telecommunications and…
Union Biometrics Brings Face and Fingerprint Access Control to AI Data Centers
Union Biometrics is supplying facial recognition and fingerprint access-control technology for AI data center projects in North America and Europe, taking a…