The Biometrics Institute is calling for a balanced dialogue to demystify biometrics, with the release of the results of its Biometrics Institute Industry Survey. 

The use of facial recognition in the United States public sector has received a great deal of press lately, and most of it isn’t positive. 

The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport implemented kiosks for a biometric scanning service for travelers. 

Harrow Council in the UK has successfully trialied a drug-test technology that uses fingerprints alone.

Former Vice President Joe Biden talked about smart guns with biometric measures during night two of the Democratic Presidential candidates’ debate, nationally televised last Thursday.

Fifty-six percent of consumers in North America and Europe are concerned about the switch to biometrics, and 81 prefer passwords for online payments due to security concerns, according to the report “Lost in Transaction: The end of Risk?”. 

Biometric technology such as facial recognition is changing how companies ensure security and prevent fraud across many industries, says the 2019 CBInsights report. 

The FBI's face recognition office can now search databases with more than 641 million photos, including 21 state databases, says the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a recent report. 

The New York State Senate passed Senate Bill S3335, or the Fingerprint Bill, which requires all religious and private schools in New York to run fingerprints and a background check on potential employees. 

More than half of consumers (56 percent) are worried that the shift to biometrics to authenticate online payments will dramatically increase the amount of identity fraud.