South Africa Demonstrates Smartphone Digital ID With Selective Sharing
South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has demonstrated a smartphone-based digital identity that lets its holder decide which personal details to…
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Senses Adds Facial Attendance and Engagement Analytics to Classroom Panels
Senses Electronics has introduced SenseEye, a facial-recognition attendance and classroom-analytics system that uses cameras on its interactive teaching panels…
Cambridge Plans First Live Facial Recognition Deployment
Cambridgeshire Constabulary plans to use live facial recognition in Cambridge city centre for the first time on Friday, October 2, following deployments in…
Travel Industry Coalition Seeks EU Rules for Voluntary Biometric Journeys
ACI EUROPE, Amadeus, IATA, IDEMIA Public Security and SITA have formed a travel-industry coalition calling for European Union legislation that supports…
Anthropic Faces Illinois Biometric Privacy Claims Over Claude ID Checks
Anthropic faces a proposed class action alleging that its identity-verification process for Claude collected Illinois users’ facial biometrics without the…
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Renews Call for Facial Recognition Legislation
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Brian Plastow has renewed his call for primary legislation governing live facial recognition, while supporting its…
Pennsylvania Senate Committee Advances Adult-Site Age Verification Bill
Pennsylvania’s Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced an amended bill that would require age verification on certain commercial websites carrying material…
New Zealand Moves Digital ID Accreditation Applications to Updated Rules
Digital identity providers applying for accreditation in New Zealand must now use the current consolidated version of the country’s Digital Identity Services…
British Transport Police Trial Scanned 500,000 Faces, Produced No Direct Arrests in First Phase
British Transport Police scanned more than 500,000 people with live facial recognition during the first phase of a trial at London rail stations, but the…
US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Restrict Federal Biometric Surveillance
A group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would bar federal agencies from acquiring or using facial-recognition and other…