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China Electronic Commerce Association first in China to deploy PalmSecure

Friday, April 25, 2008

Tokyo-based Fujitsu Limited announced its PalmSecure PC mouse equipped with a palm vein biometric sensor has been deployed by the China Electronic Commerce Association (CECA), a government-backed organization that rates the trustworthiness of electronic transactions carried out by Chinese companies.

The CECA is using the PalmSecure PC mouse as the login mechanism for its employees to gain access to their computers, ensuring that for each PC, only users who have previously registered their biometric palm vein data can log into it. This is the first deployment of palm vein biometric authentication devices in China. [end] 

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