Tag: Biometrics
Mangalore University to use Biometrics to check proxy attendance
Mangalore University will soon introduce biometric attendance system with facial recognition for students and teaching and non-teaching staff in four of its campuses. This...
NEC bringing Behavioral Biometrics to Tokyo
Toshima Ward in Tokyo has signed a deal with NEC Corporation to have its Comprehensive Disaster Control System installed in the municipal district. The...
India’s biometric voter card plan takes shape
Plans by India’s Election Commission to link new voter identity cards with the biometrics-backed Aadhar ID database are taking shape. Pilot projects have already...
Homeland Security seeks US$65.8 million for new biometric system
The US Department of Homeland Security is seeking $65.8 million for the first phase of development of a new biometric verification system, according to...
Younger users prefer biometrics to passwords
The new generation of banking customers would rather use biometric security devices than PINs and passwords for authentication, according to Visa Europe.
The payments firm...
Biometrics make officials spend more time in office
Introduction of the Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance marking for close to 50,000 central government employees has seen the "presence time" in offices going up by...
California cops sign contract to begin using massive biometric database
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – the fourth largest local policing agency in the United States – has taken another step towards building...
India deploys biometric scanners along Bangladesh border
The Border Security Force (BSF) has rolled out biometric scanners at 40 points along India’s border with Bangladesh to catch insurgents and illegal migrants....
Police to record biometric data and photos of drunk drivers
Central District Police in Wellington, New Zealand recently began collecting the biometric data of individuals caught driving under the influence, according to a report...
From January 1, Govt. to use biometrics to track late-comers
The Narendra Modi government will phase out the manual system of attendance in all central government offices over the next couple of months, and...