• IBIA challenges NRC's state of biometrics report

    The International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) says that the NRC report — especially the press release which accompanied it and which was titled “Automated Biometric Recognition Technologies Inherently Fallible” — created the inaccurate impression that biometric technologies were not yet ready for “prime time”; IBIA believes that for many useful applications, biometric technology is appropriate, effective, accurate, and reliable and is being widely deployed today

  • Multiple-biometric IDs to become a reality in India

    India’s government now issues multiple special-purpose IDs, including a Permanent Account Number for income tax transactions, an Electors Photo Identity Card for voting, ration cards, health care cards, driver’s licenses, and passports; India’s Aadhaar program, referred to as the UID, will eventually replace all of those. The UID system will process hundreds of thousands of identity validation requests each second, against the world’s largest database of individuals

  • Cogent, 3M clears legal hurdle

    3M Co. has cleared a major hurdle in its $943 million bid to acquire Pasadena, California-based biometrics firm Cogent, Inc.; a Delaware Chancery Court denied a Cogent shareholder’s motion to block the proposed acquisition of Cogent by 3M, citing the plaintiff’s inability to show reasonable probability of success on the merits of any of the claims