BIPA – The Road Forward
There have been approximately 50 class action lawsuits filed in the last year seeking redress for alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), one of several state laws regulating the commercial...
Has BIPA Succeeded or Failed to Fulfill its Objectives?
The Origins of BIPA In 2008 a biometric payments company, Pay By Touch, spectacularly failed and ceased operations. This created widespread concern in Illinois, home of the defunct company, because it left the status of biometric...
Livescan Fingerprinting — Your Questions, Answered, Part 2
In our first post we answered what livescan fingerprinting is, its common uses, advantages and a few features to consider when specifying a system. In this post, we will define FAP levels and review livescan certifications, as...
Livescan Fingerprinting — Your Questions, Answered
Fingerprinting is one of the easiest and best ways to authenticate someone’s identity through biometrics. Although there are several technological approaches for fingerprint scanning, livescan is a robust, easily used, fast...
Behavioral Biometrics: Hype or Hope?
More than 9 billion credentials have been stolen since 2013 and according to the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report, 81% of confirmed data breaches involved weak or stolen passwords. With biometrics delivering on the...