CBP Request for Information Points to Face Scanning Body Cams at the Border
Biometrics News – Facial Recognition Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a branch of The Department of Homeland Security, have filed a Request for Information…
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DHS and UNHCR are Sharing Biometric Data of Refugees
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been discreetly gathering the biometric information of tens of thousands of refugees, many of whom may never…
Tascent Posts Top Score in DHS Biometric Technology Rally
Tascent’s InSight Face cooperative facial recognition solution has bested its competitors in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) second annual…
Guam Attains DHS Real ID Compliance with Help From Valid
Thanks to Valid, the Government of Guam has officially met the US Department of Homeland Security’s standards for Real ID Compliance. Guam’s Department of…
US-Japan Biometrics Sharing Agreement Takes Effect
An agreement to facilitate the sharing of biometric data between police authorities in Japan and the US has taken effect, The Japan Times reports. The deal…
Secret Service Trialing Facial Recognition Security Around White House
The US Secret Service (USSS) has started testing facial recognition security around the White House, scanning passersby via CCTV feeds. For now, the trial…
Government Biometrics Month: How the Government is Pushing the State of the Art in Biometrics
Biometric technology has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, and most of the credit tends to go to the private sector. Rightly so: One needs only to…
IDEMIA Celebrates Strong Performance in DHS’s Biometric Technology Rally
“As IDEMIA explains, only five of the 11 companies that participated in the Rally put forward dual, rather than unimodal, systems; and OneLook was one of the…
DHS, FBI, Facebook, and Microsoft Collaborate to Fight Election Hacking
The Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Facebook, and Microsoft together made unlikely partners in a recent joint briefing to…
Privacy Impact Assessment Details Phase II of DHS’s Biometric Border Screening Program
The Department of Homeland Security has issued its Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the second phase of the Traveler Verification Service (TVS), the…