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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.
With San Francisco banning the use of facial recognition technologies for their local agencies, the debate on the efficacy of the technology has risen back into the national debate arena.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Women in Biometrics Awards, co-founded by the Security Industry Association (SIA) and SecureIDNews and co-presented with sponsors IDEMIA and SIA’s Women in Security Forum.
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pass the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance, which would ban the city and county law enforcement agencies from retaining, accessing or using facial recognition systems.
A new Biometric Consumer Sentiment Survey reveals an increased appetite for biometric authentication technology, with 70 percent of respondents reporting that they would like to expand the use of it into the workplace.