New privacy legislation in Australia has lifted the ban on police and spy agencies getting access to biometric facial scans taken for passports, drivers licenses or entry to nightclubs, reports the Herald Sun. Police departments will now be able to ask private companies to turn over any facial scans they possess. The idea is to […]

The Canadian Forces is expanding its ability to collect biometric data for potential use by other federal government departments, reports the Ottawa Citizen. The military began collecting biometric data on detainees and suspicious individuals in Afghanistan. In April 2010, a directive ordered the military to collect information on other people as well and develop biometric […]

As the influence of emerging technology continues to stretch toward every corner of the globe, political structures on the African continent stand ready and willing for resurgence. As reported CNN, elections on the African continent have come a long way but democracy is still in the embryonic stage. However, there are promising signs that change […]

States have more than a couple of reasons to improve their driver license processes. In January the bell tolls for states to comply with the oft-delayed REAL ID Act with potentially severe consequences for states that don’t meet the standards. There has also been an influx of fake driver licenses and state IDs from China. […]

The U.S. Patent Office has recently confirmed that Microsoft has a gaming development that could enable for real-time biometrics for multi-player gaming. The patent – uncovered by PatentBolt.com – shows a technology that would enable gamers to quickly and easily join a video game session already in progress using advanced biometrics. The biometric capture method […]

Goode Intelligence founder Alan Goode recently blogged about Smart Mobile Identity and the next generation of mobile-based authentication and identity verification products. Goode writes that mobile authentication is transforming from porting current authentication methods into a mobile environment to mobile services designing authentication applications specifically for mobile devices. These methods are leveraging different mobile features […]

The latest draft of FIPS 201-2 has been much anticipated. The first revision was released in March 2011 and was met with groans as it also received more than 1,200 submitted public comments. Some 15-months later another draft has been released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and this version is seeing a […]

Trüb has been supplying Lithuania with secure polycarbonate datapages since early 2008, and the success of the partnership thus far has led to a contract renewal. Trüb’s relationship with the Lithuanian Personalization Center of Identity Documents and the Ministry of Internal Affairs began in 2007 after the company underwent a thorough evaluation process. At the […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report called “Facing Facts: Best Practices for Common Uses of Facial Recognition Technologies.” Geared toward companies using facial recognition, it aims to help these users protect consumers’ privacy as the technology is implemented. While facial technology is used for a number of reasons, it also brings up […]

Facial recognition specialist, Animetrics, adds detail to two-dimensional images to create a 3D structure. Comparing 3D images of a known subject with images captured in the field, one-to-one identification of a person becomes possible. Animetrics system engineer, Sean Doucette, demonstrates use of the software to identify Casey Anthony from a video segment taken while she […]