El Salvador data breach includes selfies and ID numbers for 80% of country’s population

By Chris Burt Organizations storing reference data to perform face biometrics matches should not store that…

Civil rights groups want facial recognition technology banned in New York State

By Joel R. McConvey A group of major civil rights organizations in New York is pushing…

Indian police adopt facial recognition despite risk of massive data breaches

By Joel McConvey “Real-time facial recognition” typically refers to continuous biometric monitoring. But it applies equally…

Biometrics expand in and beyond airports, even as opponents try to kick them out

By Chris Burt Biometrics for getting through the airport, and in one case beyond it was…

Bank of Ireland to introduce voice biometrics to authentication for phone interactions

By Bianca Gonzalez Bank of Ireland announced it will invest more than €34 million (roughly US$36…

Finland starts work on national digital identity wallet

By Masha Borak Finland has set up a project to implement its national digital identity wallet…

Facial recognition coming to LA transit after passenger fatally stabbed

By Joel R. McConvey Transit officials in Los Angeles have declared a public safety emergency over…

Mastercard announces new AI suite with behavioral biometrics to fight fraud

By Joel R. McConvey Large financial institutions are coming to terms with the new world of…

AI surveillance robot uses facial recognition to decide who to blast with paintballs

AP Editor’s Note: Well, it’s not difficult to see the sinister applications of AI technology that…

Whitney Webb Interview – Manufacturing Bipartisan Consent For Biometric Surveillance

By Ryan Cristián Joining me once again today is TLAV writer and researcher, and founder/editor of…

U.S. academic institutions get biometric upgrades with new partnerships

By Joel R. McConvey A press release says ROC (formerly Rank One Computing), which provides U.S.-made…

AI, document and identity verification continues to transform Canada

By Bianca Gonzalez With over 300 AI projects in use among the federal government alone, AI-enabled…

UK government rejects calls for clearer facial recognition laws

By Masha Borak Debates continue among British lawmakers on the legality of police deployment of live…

Sierra Leone putting digital ID at the center of its digital transformation agenda

By Ayang Macdonald The West African nation of Sierra Leone is at full throttle with its…

World Bank officials discuss using Korea’s national digital ID as a model

By Ayang MacDonald Officials of the state-owned Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corporation…