RegardingID Archive | Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner coordinates effort to improve biometrics

Monday, June 23, 2008

Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, recently orchestrated the integration of products and services from PerSay, an Israeli voice biometrics provider, and Philips Priv-ID, a security firm based in the Netherlands, to help encrypt voice biometrics for added security, according to an InterGovWorld article. The purpose of the integration is to quash worries over identity theft and biometrics, especially by hackers.

The new model works in two ways that differ from current voice-recognition systems. First, the data is encrypted so that rather than storing the actual voiceprint that a user has, an algorithm convert the voiceprint to a mathematical representation prior to storage.

Secondly, the flow of information is reversed so that rather than sending information from user’s ID card to the servers where the data is stored, the servers send the data to the card. This means, that unlike person identifiers like vocal patterns, should the card information be stolen, it can always be replaced as none of the information contained on the card can be reverse engineered.

Read the full article here.

Fastrac RFID installed for convenience at Ontario libraries

Vaughan Public Libraries in Ontario, Ca. are in the final stages of implementing the Fastrac RFID system.

The Fastrac RFID will provide greater convenience to patrons, time savings for the staff and additional security for the library itself. Provided by the partnership between VTLS and mk Sorting Systems, the installation will include several self-checkout kiosks, staff stations, RFID gates, tagging stations, tagging wands and tags.

Rhode Island DMV using biometrics to fight fraud

The Department of Motor Vehicles in Rhode Island is employing a facial recognition-based system in its license and identification card issuance programs in an effort to curb identity fraud, according to a Turn to 10 article.

EAB looks to drive the biometric market place

The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is focusing on a goal of driving the research and development of biometrics and building the future of the industry around a concern for end-user privacy protection.

Concerns mount over new Canadian biometric programs

Privacy advocates in Canada have been raising concerns over the risk involved in two new biometric programs from the government that result in the sharing of private biometric data with other countries’ governments and possibly private corporations, according to an Embassy Magazine article.

LAWA places order from ImageWare

ImageWare Systems announced that the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), an agency that oversees Los Angeles International (LAX) airport, LA/Ontario International airport and Van Nuys airport, has placed an order for a number of biometric identity management and credentialing solutions.

Biometrics Institute announces release of privacy charter

The Biometrics Institute, a biometrics industry organization engaged in the research, analysis and education of biometric technologies, announced the release of a privacy charter for early, according to a CIO article.

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Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner coordinates effort to improve biometrics