Hong Kong officials are playing down the presence of face biometrics capabilities in the state’s contact tracing app after they were exposed by FactWire, a Hong Kong-based investigative journalism agency. […]

US authorities are considering adding China-based biometric surveillance specialist Hikvision to a more severe blacklist, according to a Financial Times report. The company had previously landed on the US Entity […]

Fraser Sampson, the United Kingdom’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, is encouraging government agencies in the UK to blacklist Hikvision when procuring new technologies. Hikvision is a camera manufacturer and […]

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has revealed that the country is planning to launch a digital national ID card before the end of the year. The Premier made the announcement during […]

SITA is praising the Chinese air travel industry for its commitment to digital transformation. The company’s latest Air Transport IT Insights report suggests that the country is becoming a standard […]

Tencent will be using facial recognition to make sure that Chinese children do not spend too much time in front of the screen during their holiday break. Students will be […]

The UK’s Southern Co-op grocery chain is once again drawing scrutiny for its controversial facial recognition practices. The franchise first revealed that it was using Facewatch facial recognition technology to […]

The Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) has published a new study that suggests that China is disproportionately invested in surveillance technology. The findings are based on a survey […]

Another Chinese card manufacturer is developing a cold wallet with a fingerprint sensor from IDEX Biometrics. The Cold Wallet Visual Payment Card is geared toward China’s Digital Currency/Electronic Payment (DC/EP) […]

China’s highest court has issued a ruling that could significantly limit the scope of facial recognition programs in the country. To that end, the Supreme People’s Court has stated that […]