biometric

Technavio has released a new report that forecasts that the global  biometrics market  in the education sector to grow at a CAGR of more than 26 percent during the forecast 2017-2021. In the report, “Global Biometrics Market in Education Sector 2017-2021”, Technavio covers the market outlook and growth prospects of the global biometrics market in the education sector for 2017-2021. Technavio further segments the market into three types, including fingerprinting technology, iris recognition technology, and facial recognition technology. Fingerprinting technology was found to have the highest market share of the three with more than 67 percent in 2016. “The emergence of multimodal biometrics is another factor increasing the use of biometrics in the education sector,” Jhansi Mary, a lead education technology research expert from Technavio. “The incorporation of multimodal biometrics will make it difficult for miscreants to access information of institutions or student, ...

A privacy group has spoken out against recommendations that the Brisbane public transportation service use  biometrics  to identify passengers when they purchase their fare, according to a report by CIO. Cubic Transportation Systems, the US firm that operates Queensland’s Go Card system for TransLink as well as developed London’s Oyster card technology, is running proof of concept trials of facial recognition, palm vein scanning and object tracking in its London lab in order to reduce queues. The Australian Privacy Foundation last week issued a statement on the potential biometric scanning of Brisbane passengers, calling it “a danger to civil rights and privacy”. “This is an extension of CensusFail, CentrelinkFail and MyHRFail – badly-planned and badly administered big ticket technology projects whose managers and ministers failed to heed warnings,” said Liam Pomfret, a spokesperson for the Australian Privacy Foundation. “The Foundation asks th...