The American Civil Liberties Union submitted an “Ethical Framework for Facial Recognition” to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration wanting group to follow specific principles when using the technology.

Weekly new briefs on Samsung committing to biometric technology; DigitalPersona announcing that New Look, a China fashion retailer, has selected a Point-of-Sale (POS) system enabled with fingerprint technology; The FIDO Alliance announced that Visa Inc. has joined; INSIDE Secure announced the launch of AT90SC28880RCFV2, a dual interface, secure microcontroller; and Fortinet, a network security provider, has invested in Centrify,

Nuance announced that Banco Santander México deployed the voice biometrics solution to replace PINs, passwords, and security questions. Santander launched Nuance’s VocalPassword solution so that customers who call in to the bank’s phone system can simply speak to be authenticated, making the banking-by-phone process easier and more secure.

MorphoTrak partnered with Identity One to deliver a time & attendance and biometric access control system to a North American freight railroad company; HID Global and Proxama, created a solution enabling deployment of secure mobile web-based coupon and loyalty schemes; and Gemalto launched Sealys Color in Polycarbonate, a system that enables high-quality color photographs to be permanently embedded into polycarbonate documents such as IDs, driving licenses and passports.

CARTES SECURE CONNEXIONS AMERICA announced the winners of the first SESAMES America awards. Winners were awarded in identity, card manufacturing and emerging payments.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed the biometric ban and now schools won’t be able to take palm scans, iris scans, or fingerprints of kids. The systems were used by children in lunch lines and other application at some schools in the state.

The Tribeca Film Fest uses HID’s NFC tags for promotion; Fujitsu releases palm vein scanner for physical access; Intercede’s latest MyID can issue and manage trusted identities for machines; New PreCheck enrollment centers opened; Oberthur announced the issuance of 5 million ePassports to Uzbek citizens.