FTC to Issue Policy Statement On Biometric Data
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking a closer look at how companies use biometric data, such as facial recognition and fingerprints, to identify and…
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Biden Administration Abandons DHS’s Biometric Policy Proposal
The Biden administration is abandoning a controversial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy proposal that would have dramatically expanded the agency’s…
Biometric Passports at Forefront of Dominica’s $13M Border Security Upgrades
“The most important aspect in our border security improvement is our migration from the machine-readable passport to our e-passport or biometric passport,…
Fingerprint Cards Has Now Shipped a Billion Biometric Fingerprint Sensors
Fingerprint Cards is celebrating a big milestone this week, announcing that it has now shipped over a billion fingerprint sensors. The Sweden-based biometrics…
FutureCard Selects FPC Fingerprint Sensor for Biometric Payment Cards
“We are pleased that FutureCard has selected our biometric technology, and to see our outstanding T-Shape and software platform in the hands of more and more…
Biometric Background Check Cracks Decades-Old Cold Case in Florida
Biometric technology has helped to crack open a 20-year-old murder case in Delray Beach, Florida. In August of 1998, 68-year-old Sondra Better was working…
New Round of Fingerprint Matching Helps to Exonerate Wrongly Convicted Man After 36 Years
Fingerprint recognition technology has helped to exonerate a man wrongly convicted of rape and assault, leading to his freedom after 36 years in prison. The…
New Forensic Tech Makes it Easier to Pull Fingerprints from Metal Surfaces
Researchers from the University of Nottingham and the University of Derby have developed a new technique for reading fingerprints left on metal surfaces like…
Gemalto Orders Biometric Card Tech From Fingerprints
As it works toward commercially launching biometric payment cards, Gemalto has ordered fingerprint scanning technology from Fingerprint Cards. More…
New FPC Biometric Software Platform Aimed at Cards and Wearables
Fingerprint Cards has announced a new biometric software platform aimed specifically at payment card, wearable, and dongle applications. Dubbed “FPC-BEP”, the…