Redrock Biometrics, a leading provider of palm-based biometrics for authentication and identification, announced it will wave its PalmID license fee to businesses that are labeled as essential during this pandemic.

Vision-Box believes that lives can be saved by using seamless, contactless digital identity technology equipped with advanced biometrics.

Its touchless clearance functionality used in travel hubs and at border crossings is designed to prevent the transmission and spread of pathogens by limiting, and in many cases, eliminating the need for travelers to physical interact with potentially infected machines, security or airline personnel. 

Fully-Verified, a Startup Wise Guys backed company that offers a range of video-based identity verification services, has now secured a new financing round, for an undisclosed amount.

Police in India's Pune state have developed a facial recognition software system for surveillance of ‘Home Quarantined’ persons in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad cities. 

India's Punjab state government has directed to waive the process of biometric authentication for the patients in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and his team at Covington & Burling have completed an audit of biometrics firm AnyVision following media allegations it had invovlement in a mass surveillance program in the West Bank, Microsoft noted in a blog this week. 

Shufti Pro has launched a charity program for the non-profit and healthcare organizations fighting to contain COVID-19. 

German-based DERMALOG is now the world's first company to receive this certification for its 4-4-2 scanner LF10.

Russia's Duma has prepared a draft bill on healthcare digitalisation, which will increase the availability of medical care for citizens, including those diagnosed with COVID-19 ('Coronavirus'). 

Huawei's new Mate 20 Pro is one of the firm's first devices to use an in-screen fingerprint sensor.