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Russian Activists Challenge Moscow’s New Facial Recognition Network

The city of Moscow is already facing its first major legal challenge after launching a city-wide surveillance network on January 1. The network is managed by…

January 31, 2020

Year in Review: Consensus on Privacy, and Confusion Over Regulation

In today’s tech landscape, the issue of privacy is increasingly in the foreground. Consumers have been grappling with this issue for years as the rise of the…

January 31, 2020

EU Abandons Temporary Facial Recognition Ban: Report

The European Union is walking back from a temporary ban on the public use of facial recognition, according to a Reuters report. The possibility of a ban was…

January 31, 2020

P.E.I. Authorities Clarify Use of Facial Recognition Tech

Following concerns expressed by Atlantic Canada’s four provincial privacy commissioners, the P.E.I. government has said it is working toward becoming more…

January 31, 2020

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New IDEX Patents Cover Biometric Card Enrolment Tech

IDEX Biometrics has increased the potential scope of its on-card enrollment solution with new patents in the United States and Germany. The patents detail…

January 31, 2020

Ubisecure IDaaS Platform Adds Support for Hitachi’s Finger Vein Technology

Ubisecure has announced that its Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) platform will now offer support for Hitachi’s finger vein recognition technology. In plain…

January 30, 2020

Facebook Settles BIPA Lawsuit for $550 Million

Three Illinois law firms have reached a record-breaking settlement with Facebook in a class-action lawsuit that concerns the tech giant’s alleged violations of…

January 30, 2020

FIME Gets Accredited for FIDO’s Biometric Component Certification Program

FIME has officially become the latest organization accredited to test biometric components as part of the FIDO Alliance’s Biometric Component Certification…

January 30, 2020

Illuma Labs Secures $9M in Series A Funding to Enhance Voice Authentication and Combat Emerging Fraud Threats

LumenVox Releases Version 8 of Advanced Biometric Authentication Suite

Speech and authentication solutions provider LumenVox has announced the release of Version 8, its latest suite of biometric authentication technologies.…

January 30, 2020

Mastercard Enters Age Verification Arena

IDEX Receives EMVCo Certification

IDEX Biometrics has officially received EMVCo Certification. The company claims that it is the first biometric sensor company to accomplish the feat, which…

January 29, 2020

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FaceTec’s patented, industry-leading 3D Face Verification and Reverification software anchors digital identity, creating a chain of trust from user onboarding to ongoing authentication on all modern smart devices and webcams. FaceTec’s 3D FaceMaps™ finally make trusted, remote identity verification possible. As the only technology backed by a persistent spoof bounty program and NIST/iBeta Certified Liveness Detection, FaceTec is the global standard for 3D Liveness and Face Matching with millions of users on six continents in financial services, border security, transportation, blockchain, e-voting, social networks, online dating and more. www.facetec.com

Unico is a global identity network that forges trust between people & companies. We identify people globally so they can have safe, efficient and private digital access to services around the world. Unico is present in over 20 countries, and serves 165 million users with over 1.5 billion identity verifications every year. We are the leading global identity network. www.unico.io

Innovatrics is an EU-based provider of trusted biometric solutions for governments and enterprises. Our algorithms consistently rank among the fastest and most accurate in fingerprint, face, and iris recognition. Since 2004, we have partnered with all types of organisations to build trusted and flexible biometric identification solutions. Our solutions are used in more than 80 countries, benefiting over a billion people worldwide. www.innovatrics.com

Identity Week aims to be a significant identity industry catalyst. It’s our mission is to help accelerate the move towards a world where trusted identity solutions enable governments and commercial organisations to provide citizens, employees, customers and consumers with a multitude of opportunities to transact in a seamless, yet secure manner. All the while preventing the efforts of those intent on doing harm. identityweek.net

The Biometric Digital Identity Prism is a market landscape framework designed to help influencers and decision makers understand, innovate, and implement digital identity technologies and solutions. This innovative framework for understanding and evaluating the rapidly evolving biometric digital identity marketplace is the only market model that is truly biometric-centric based on the foundational conviction that in the age of digital transformation the only true, reliable link between humans and their digital data is biometrics. www.the-prism-project.com