Consumer ID is generally thought of as the use of biometrics to identify or verify the identity of individuals conducting in-person or remote transactions for goods or services. Biometrics can be used to complement or replace authentication mechanisms such as presenting cards, tickets, photo identification, PINs, or signatures. This page brings you all the latest news, press releases and information on this sector.
The decision to include iris recognition in India's ambitious UID scheme has been recognised as pivotal in the success of the project…
The entire biometrics community has suffered from vocabulary confusion, especially in large-scale, public procurements. Help is at hand. Read this Jim Wayman article for more…
This last week has seen two interesting news items demonstrating different ways in which the biometric signature market is progressing in enterprise scenarios.
Just announced is a new "soft biometric" application, which uses facial recognition via a mobile phone to tell the approximate age of a person.
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