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Week 12 2010
The Biometric Weekly Newsletter entries are from cases that occurred in Florida
number 12. and it contains mug shots, fingerprints, palm
prints and images of tattoos and scars.
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authentication and removal of criminal aliens, vein pattern located inside a persons palm to
ICE has removed 144 individuals, while the verify them when their palm is placed on the
remaining are in immigration proceedings or devices screen.
will be removed from the United States once
they serve their criminal sentence. In March Despite Privacy Fears Biometric
2009, as part of the Secure Communities
strategy, ICE deployed IDENT/IAFIS
Scanning Rises
interoperability to Fairfax County law
enforcement agencies, which enables With recent advances in the technology, new
fingerprints submitted during the booking biometrics systems are coming onto the scene,
process to be checked automatically against such as the full-body scanners that the U.S.
the Department of Justice's ( DOJ ) criminal Department of Homeland Security announced
history records and DHS records, including will be landing at 11 U.S. airports by summer
immigration status. When fingerprints match 2010. In addition, as more scanning systems
DHS records, ICE is automatically notified and roll out, thus linking citizens to databases,
promptly determines if enforcement action is privacy advocates worry about the risks of
required. This process applies to all individuals having personal information in the open.
arrested and booked into custody, not just
those suspected of being foreign nationals. "We don't want to the see
the same problems we've
seen with other identification
Smartlinx Uses Fujitsu's Palm Vein
systems," said Lillie Coney,
Authentication Technology associate director of the
Electronic Privacy
Information Center, a public
interest research group in
Washington, D.C. "Before people jump in the
deep end of the pool, they need to really
consider the short-term and long-term
consequences. Any information that's collected
has got to be protected."
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This follows reports that the IPS had cancelled company, announced it has selected PerSay as
plans to store biographical information on the its Voice Biometrics technology vendor. G4S
Department for Work and Pensions' database. Justice Services LLC has deployed PerSay's
Hillier said that the controversial scheme has VocalPassword" Voice Biometrics platform in
three databases that holds the facial image electronic monitoring projects around the
and fingerprints, the biometric data, then the world. The innovation behind VocalPassword
other information which is generally already on architecture will equip G4S Justice Services
the passport and the third bit is the one that LLC, with a capability to alleviate risks and
links the two. comply with high levels of standards and
requirements while providing the flexibility to
UN World Food Program Signs 4G customize the voice solutions to meet each
customer's needs.
Identity Solutions
The solution captured three biometrics --a face There clinic employee scans patient eyes using
picture, two irises, and ten fingerprints, and a handheld camera. Within seconds, the
demographic details of citizen. In addition, 4G camera reads his iris patterns, and a computer
ID provided a specialized de-duplication locates his medical record. the South Bronx
solution to eliminate fraud. The contract calls clinic receives federal funding and operates in
for expanding the WFP's Public Distribution one of the most impoverished U.S. areas uses
System (PDS) project in the state of Orissa, the instruments to prevent medical record
India by completing the enrollment of the mishaps.
entire population of the Rayagada district and
providing an end-to-end solution for Point of Urban Health Plan, which serves mostly the
Sale distribution that works effectively in uninsured and underserved, fully integrated iris
remote areas. identification to match patients to their medical
records in 2009.
G4S Justice Services LLC Selects
PerSay
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Virtual Doormen Don't Need Tips identification application then controls the
InSight to capture iris images for
authentication and performs the matching
function within DaonEngine.
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The equipment will be used for the production biometrics, the computerized recognition of
of secure ID cards for residents in Sweden. features such as fingerprints, irises and faces
Speed Identity's part of the supply is being introduced by rich countries, and
biometrics collection equipment, primarily the fraudsters are in a unending competition to get
innovative model Speed Capture Light, ahead of one another's technology. The need
compact and user-friendly collection of ICAO to keep travelers moving in an age of mass
approved signatures and facial images. The transit meant there was a trade-off between
equipment will be placed at the tax service passenger "flow" and the personal attention a
offices which will sum up to a hundred offices border control officer could give to a single
during 2010. The large number of application case.
areas will mean greatly improved service to
citizens who quickly and safely will receive MIT Draws Object Recognition Systems
their ID cards.
Framework
Biometric Dos and Don'ts
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FBI's Future Use of Biometric possibly even before the buyer knows it. The
Technology bad news is the technology is not cheap. firms
performing neuromarketing research typically
have ad budgets of $30 million to $100 million.
Help may be on the way for smaller companies
sicne Companies testing a product or
marketing campaign using biometrics typically
only have to test a tenth of the people they'd
survey in a standard focus group according to
researchers.
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March 30–April 1, 2010, San Diego, CA Voice Biometrics Conference New York
2010
Biometrics & Forensics 2010 Annual
Summit
Don't the miss the
industry's only
global gathering
that addresses voice
biometrics and
multifactor
The purpose of this summit is to assemble authentication. Voice Biometrics
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Forensics community to discuss how innovative payment systems, customer care, law
training and technology will collectively shape enforcement, and government services.
the future in a way that sets the conditions for
success against any emerging threats on the VBC New York will bring together the
current and future battlefield. Plenary speakers experts, technology providers and practitioners
will share their expertise, vast experience, and that are defining the applications and
insights to the summit as a whole, while approaches that take advantage of the fact
breakout panel discussions, featuring experts that each person's voice is a unique and
with a broad range of experience and unobtrusive identifier, like a fingerprint.
expertise, will give conference attendees an Deployment of such solutions will be crucial to
interactive forum for focused discussions and growing phone-based banking and mobile
specific recommendations to problem sets. commerce.
April 5-6, 2010, Orlando, FL, As a mechanism for identity verification and
authorization that requires no dedicated
Biometric Technology for Human hardware, voice biometrics is gaining traction
Identification Conference as a legitimate enterprise security solution.
Large-scale deployments are already underway
across industries ranging from banks and
telecoms to government services and
healthcare.
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