Bill would prevent businesses from selling biometric data without user consent

The Washington state House passed a bill 81-17 this week that would forbid businesses from obtaining or selling biometric…

American states considering biometrics legislation

Following the lead set by Illinois, four other US states are now considering legislation related to biometric data. Since January…

Biometrics, face scanners to replace registers across Maharashtra police stations

In a years time, each police station in Maharashtra will be able to record biometric data of criminals. The state government is…

Safran and FotoNation partner on iris solutions in India

Biometric and identity firm Safran Identity & Security and iris specialist FotoNation have revealed plans to work together on…

Atlanta Airport installs Biometric Security Screening Kiosks

Travellers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airports south terminal will now have the option to verify their…

Global Biometrics Market revenue to reach $15.1B by 2025

Global biometrics hardware and software revenue will grow annually from $2.4 billion in 2016 to $15.1 billion by 2025,…

Facial recognition to replace passports in security overhaul at Australian airports

A radical overhaul of security at Australias international airports is the first step towards the governments goal of automating…

Study: Biometrics driving growth in passenger screening

Research group Frost and Sullivan has found that biometric solutions are finding considerable commercial applications in…

Govt to roll out e-passports with electronic chip, biometric security features

After easing the norms for getting passports, the government is reportedly set to roll out stricter security measures to avoid…

Biometrics attendance mandatory for govt. college faculty, employees in MP

The Madhya Pradesh higher education department has linked e-attendance with disbursement of salaries of principals, teachers and…

Synaptics launches Biometric Fusion Engine for Mobiles, combining Fingerprint and Facial Recognition

Biometric authentications methods like fingerprint scanners have slowly made it to majority of smartphones adding at least basic…

Aviation ministry likely to introduce biometric screening at airports

Your thumb could soon be all the documentation required to enter an airport. And once the government is able to achieve this, the…