May 20, 2022 - Data collection and privacy issues often are focused on the online world. Websites, mobile apps and electronic devices of all kinds are collecting information on their users and are ...

Biometric data is seen as a preferred means of identification by many businesses. Unlocking a smartphone using facial recognition and other biometric identifiers, for example, gives users the feeling ...

Researchers at the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate explained how camera systems’ capacity for varied skin tones can make or break an accurate biometric reading.

London, UK -- December 3, 2019 -- Ever-present and multi-faceted threats to public safety in governmental settings, the ongoing chase for more intelligently secure smart home, and lackluster user ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Army wants to make sure drivers entering bases through automated checkpoints are, in fact, who they claim to be, and is developing a ...

The German Design Council has just honoured pioneering product innovations for the fourth time. A German Innovation Award 2021 in the category GOLD – the highest distinction among these honours to be ...

New car surveillance tech becomes mandatory by 2027, using infrared cameras to monitor driver sobriety and alertness with ...

WASHINGTON—Operatives widely suspected of working for Israel’s Mossad spy service planned a stealthy operation to kill a Palestinian militant living in Dubai. The 2010 plan was a success except for ...

For digital identity, the best division of roles in a complex ecosystem is not always so clear, as seen in the top stories of the week on Biometric Update.

The biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner for England and Wales has handed in his resignation to the Home Office, citing delays to the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill. As ...

The U.K. government has appointed Fraser Sampson as the country’s new independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, replacing the two part time posts of the Biometrics Commissioner and ...