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Innovatrics’ algorithm tops UIDAI facial recognition challenge
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (383+ words) Innovatrics is celebrating biometric benchmarking wins in India. The Slovakian company has taken first place in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Face Recognition challenge. It also made the podium for the fingerprint matching and iris challenge, taking second…...
US, EU move toward landmark biometric data sharing deal
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (618+ words) The U.S. and European Union are in formal talks over a biometric data-sharing arrangement that could give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to fingerprint and other biometric records held by EU member states. Brussels has never granted this type…...
Canadian parliament seeks to expand biometric background checks nationwide
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (292+ words) Canada’s lower legislative branch is looking for a supplier to help extend its fingerprint biometrics capability for background checks across the country. The House of Commons published an informal request for a quote on “Digital Fingerprinting and CPIC Verification Services…...
STCon edges in among established facial recognition accuracy leaders in NIST 1:N
6+ mon, 5+ hour ago (313+ words) A handful of new facial recognition algorithms have been added to the NIST FRTE 1:N Identification this year, but most of the leading submissions by biometric performance are the same as they were at the end of last year. The…...
CBP moves to modernize fingerprinting at national scale
6+ mon, 11+ hour ago (892+ words) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is preparing to hire a single contractor to run a nationwide electronic fingerprinting program that supports hiring, security vetting, and related personnel needs across the agency. The draft solicitation is structured as a single blanket…...
Mastek win £49M deal to support UK Home Office Biometrics delivery
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (290+ words) Digital engineering and cloud transformation firm Mastek has won a contract to engineer, integrate and develop the UK Home Office Biometrics Application Development & Environment Service (HADES). The HADES system is therefore intended to serve different user groups, handling different datasets,…...
DHS signals major expansion of biometric matching infrastructure
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (837+ words) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry input on biometric matching software capable of operating across all major DHS components. At its core, DHS is seeking a single scalable software capability that…...
Match Group extends FaceTec liveness to Hinge, adds age verification for UK, Oz users | Biometric Update
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) Online dating application Hinge now requires new and existing users in the UK and Australia to undergo facial age estimation (FAE) to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act and Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Act, and biometric liveness detection…...
ICE’s facial recognition app is new, but the NEC tech behind it is well known | Biometric Update
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (443+ words) The revelation that the Mobile Fortify app used by ICE to identify suspected immigration procedure violators, and increasingly protestors, uses face biometrics capabilities supplied by NEC has sparked renewed interest in how well the technology works, and where else it…...
John Howard reflects on DHS biometrics evaluations and the AI testing landscape
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (643+ words) When John Howard began working for SAIC at the Maryland Test Facility, biometrics was an emerging technology supported by a nascent industry. When he announced his departure near the end of January, the MdTF and Howard personally were long-established as…...