sábado, 6 de febrero de 2021

Newsvine - identity

Source: USA Today

In another blow to what has been touted as a revolutionary way to speed up checkpoint security lines, two of the nation's leading aviation associations are warning airports that the effort could backfire and cause longer waits for most passengers.

Source: sys-con.com

Sagem Morpho, leader in biometric access control and identity verification products, is pleased to announce the MorphoAccess100 Series, a versatile new line of biometric access control products.

Source: tmcnet.com

Purdue University is developing the use of handheld iris scanners that could be used to identify disaster victims and help prevent double dipping and other fraud that can occur during aid distribution.

I feel like saying something about why I don’t acknowledge the concept of national identity.

Source: nytimes.com

First the government, now A.I.G.... Are any old people's files safe anymore?

Source: fadtastic.net

A great post about the importance of taglines (ie slogans and logos).

Source: saflink.com

Saflink® Corporation (NASDAQ:SFLK), a leading provider of solutions that verify identity, secure access and increase productivity, today announced that it has been selected as a subcontractor to provide continued support for FORTEZZA® cryptographic libraries and drivers to the  …

Source: viisage.com

Viisage (Nasdaq: VISG), a leading provider of advanced technology identity solutions, today announced that the Australia Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) has selected the Viisage iA-thenticate(R) Smart Chip/RFID Electronic Document Reader to improve secu …

Source: gallatinnewsexaminer.com

Gallatin residents and property owners who fall victim to crimes now have a new weapon in their arsenal to help solve those crimes.

At long last, we've released some official Newsvine buttons as well as original artwork in EPS format at the request of the Newsvine community.

Source: computerworld.com

Hotels.com LP is warning nearly a quarter of a million customers that they may have had their credit card numbers stolen, following the theft of an unencrypted laptop belonging to the travel Web site's auditor, Ernst & Young GIobal Ltd.

Source: computerworld.com

A laptop containing debit card, credit card and Social Security numbers and other personal information on approximately 68,000 YMCA members was stolen from a locked office at the YMCA’s administrative offices in Providence, R.I., last week.

Source: hoovers.com

Merchants and financial-services companies have always been uneasy allies. In 2004 alone, U.S. merchants paid finance companies almost $40 billion in credit- and debit-card transaction fees, accounting for nearly 20% of the banks' payment revenue.

Source: computerworld.com

Advocates for strong data privacy laws are getting plenty of ammunition to support their cause these days.

Source: villagevoice.com

-- It's a spring break morning, and by 11 a.m. at the Anderson home, chaos is erupting. School is out for the week, and the twin boys are throwing a ball inside the spacious, two-story house. Upstairs, the preteen daughter pretends not to hear her mother calling.

Source: eitb24.com

-- A man with a doctor's certificate saying he was psychologically female and had lived as a woman for at least two years would be able to adopt a female name and change his sex to female on identity papers.

Source: voanews.com

-- Belgium is still reeling from the aftershock of the racially motivated killings of an African nanny and her two-year-old charge. The 18-year-old murderer said he set out to kill foreigners.

Source: media.prnewswire.com

TrustedID, a leader in consumer data protection services, announced it will offer a 50 percent discount on proactive identity theft prevention services for the 26 million veterans whose personal information has been compromised by the recent data breach at the Department of Veter …

Source: saflink.com

Saflink® Corporation (NASDAQ:SFLK), a leading provider of solutions that verify identity, secure access and increase productivity, today announced that it is confident it meets the requirements to receive an additional 180 days to cure its minimum bid price deficiency after the  …

The European Union's highest court ruled Tuesday that the Union had overstepped its authority by agreeing to give the United States personal details about airline passengers on flights to America in an effort to fight terrorism.

Source: slate.com

We're losing the war on identity theft, implies the panicky above-the-fold headline on Page One of today's (May 30) New York Times: "Technology and Easy Credit Give Identity Thieves an Edge." The horror builds as we learn that some of the crooks—ripped on that scariest of sc …

Source: biz.yahoo.com

Precise Biometrics AB (publ.), a world-leading biometric company that develops and sells user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints and smart cards, has strengthen its market position in the further.

Source: nytimes.com

Mayor Michael R.

Source: computerworld.com

About 1 million blood donors in the Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross were warned last week that personal information about them could have been stolen earlier this year by a former employee and might have been used in identity thefts.

Source: usatoday.com

The theft of employee records is a top cause of identify fraud, and concerns about how to safeguard such information is growing after the theft of personal information on 26.5 million U.S. veterans.