SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – As new technologies emerge that can predict menstrual cycles and detect sleep apnea by collecting biometric data during sleep, including heart rate, blood sugar levels, and stress indicators, the South Korean government has initiated efforts to draft legislation to address these developments. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) aims to [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of patent applications for non-contact biometric authentication technology based on human characteristics such as the face, iris and voice has surged in recent days. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the number of patent applications for non-contact biometric authentication technologies jumped to 792 in 2019, up [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s premium brand Genesis said Thursday that it will develop and apply a new biometric technology that can improve both convenience and safety for its GV70 SUV that is scheduled to be rolled out in mid-December. This is not the first time for Genesis to apply biometric [...]
NEW YORK, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — David Harding, SVP & Chief Technical Officer, ImageWare® Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY), a leader in mobile and cloud-based two-factor, multi-factor, and biometric multimodal authentication and identity management solutions, sat down with Mobile ID World to talk about cybersecurity threats and the global growth of biometric authentication. For the [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent news of the Samsung Galaxy S8’s iris scanner hack came as quite a shock to South Koreans, who have seen a growing number of commercial banks adopt the new biometric authentication method for their mobile banking services. According to reports, the German Chaos Computer Club (CCC) fooled [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean fintech firm Kona I plans to launch a biometric smart card that features an embedded fingerprint sensor, reported industry officials. The new model will be highly useful for security purposes including building access or for ID card use. “The technology will replace password or authentication certificates in confirming identification, [...]