Holzer Health Systems in Gallipolis, Ohio, has purchased a $1.5 million biometric patient tracking system in hopes of curbing prescription drug abuse. As reported in the Chillicothe Gazette, the health system partnered with the state and CrossChx for the fingerprint identification system. Holzer is collecting fingerprints from urgent care and ER patients who volunteer their […]

Since March, alternative payment specialist Net1 has shipped more than 2.5 million biometric enabled Debit MasterCards for the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). Net1- with its Universal Electronic Payment System (UEPS)- partners with SASSA and Grindrod Bank to provide the cards, which seek to improve security and accessibility associated with the dispersal of social […]

Apple announced the acquisition of AuthenTec for $356 million. AuthenTec provides embedded fingerprint scanners and associated identity management software as well as digital rights management software. Does this mean that Apple devices will start coming equipped with fingerprint scanners for access? It’s not immediately known. Alan Goode, founder and managing director at Goode Intelligence, a […]

Over the past four years, as the organizers of the London 2012 Olympic Games led the construction of the Olympic Park and Athletes Village, British biometrics firm Human Recognition Systems (HRS) secured the area with MSite, a biometric identification management and access control platform. The MSite system incorporated biometric identification, card-level encryption and cloud-based technology. […]

Frost & Sullivan has released a report entitled “Indian Biometric Readers Market” that predicts the countries biometric reader industry will experience a 48% compound annual growth rate by 2016. In 2011, this market was valued at $50 million, and it’s predicted to grow to $359 million over the next four years, driven by increasing security […]

Biometric technology for student identity proofing will be a topic of discussion at the upcoming Sloan-C Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning. The presentation, which will be given by Mark Sarver, CEO of eduKan and Jeff Maynard, CEO of Biometric Signature ID (BSI), will detail the benefits and cost savings associated with eduKan’s use […]

Israels’ Interior Ministry will be reevaluating its pilot of smart identity cards, The Jerusalem Post reports. The decision came during a recent High Court of Justice hearing and questioned whether a single, centralized biometric database is the best choice for collecting and maintaining citizens’ data. Civil rights groups and data security campaigners petitioning that such […]

Playhouse Child Care Center in Sartell, Minn. has installed a fingerprint identity system to avoid unauthorized personnel from gaining access to their facilities, according to a report in USA Today. Playhouse Child Care already employed the use of a keypad security system that required parents and employees to provide a four-digit code to enter the […]