GAO: Multiple Federal Agencies Used Facial Recognition on George Floyd Protesters
According to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), six U.S. federal agencies used biometric facial recognition software in their…
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Washington County Council Approves Facial Recognition Restrictions
The most populous county in Washington state has voted unanimously to restrict the use of facial recognition technology by all local government agencies, with…
AnyVision Calls On NIST to Draft Ethical Guidelines for Facial Recognition
AnyVision is calling on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to draft guidelines for the responsible use of facial recognition technology.…
1Kosmos BlockID Receives NIST Certification
1Kosmos’s BlockID platform has completed a third-party testing process and received NIST SP 800-63 certification. The test was carried out by the Kantara…
IDEMIA Tops 1:N Accuracy Ranking in Latest FRVT Evaluation
IDEMIA is celebrating another strong performance on the part of its face biometrics technology in testing run by the National Institute of Standards and…
Aware’s Biometric Tech Passes PFT III Exam
Aware’s fingerprint recognition algorithm has officially passed the NIST’s Proprietary Fingerprint Template (PFT) III test. In doing so, Aware became only the…
AnyVision Posts Strong Score in NIST’s Latest 1:1 FRVT Test
AnyVision is boasting about its strong performance in the NIST’s most recent 1:1 Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT). The company’s algorithm made it into the…
Paravision Leads All Western Developers in Latest NIST Test
Paravision’s facial recognition algorithm is continuing to perform well in recent rounds of NIST testing. The company’s error rate went down an additional…
Australia’s BixeLab Seeks NIST Accreditation for Biometric Testing
BixeLab is hoping to become the world’s second NIST-accredited biometrics testing laboratory. The Australian organization is opening a new testing facility in…
CyberLink Continues to Climb NIST Rankings
CyberLink is once again celebrating a strong performance in the NIST’s Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT). The company’s FaceMe algorithm achieved a top-six…