- Avanti Biometric Reference Site
 - Provides background information about biometrics, their use in everyday business situations, and how to deploy them. - BioAPI Consortium
- Founded to develop a common biometric Application Programming Interface (API) for application programmers and biometric service providers.
- Biometric Consortium
- Serves as the U.S. government's focal point for research, development, test, evaluation, and application of biometric-based personal identification/verification technology.
- Biometric Digest
- Publishes a newsletter detailing current news and trends in the field of biometric identification technology. Subscription required.
- Biometrics and the Courts
- Fact sheet about biometrics and automatic identification systems, from the National Centre for State Courts. Includes biometric basics, reliability and hardware needs, legal standing, and uses around the world.
- Biometrics Catalog
- U.S. Government sponsored database of information about biometric technologies. Includes research and evaluation reports, government documents, legislation, news articles, conference presentations, and vendors.
- Biometrics Institute, Ltd.
- Not-for-profit membership association for government and business users of biometric services and products, as well as vendors.
- Biometrics Research at Michigan State University
- Projects and publications in fingerprint identification, hand geometry verification, face retrieval, multibiometrics, and speaker recognition. From Michigan State University.
- Biometrics: Uses and Abuses
- Essay about the potential pros and cons of using biometric identification methods in our daily lives, such as fingerprint or iris scanning, voiceprints, or facial recognition.
- Department of Defense: Biometrics
- Learn about biometric technologies and devices from the Department of Defence Biometrics Management Office. Includes tutorials, policy information, and DoD biometrics partners and initiatives.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: Biometrics
- Position paper outlining the EFF's concerns about biometric technologies and potential privacy and civil liberties violations.
- European Biometrics Forum
- Biometrics research and policy group of European privacy, technology, and usability experts. Aims to establish a realistic vision for the future of the biometric industry.
- FAQ - Biometrics
- Frequently asked questions about biometrics and bioidentification systems, from Bromba Biometrics. In English and German.
- International Association for Biometrics (iAfB)
- Nonprofit research organisation dedicated to providing a forum for biometrics study and debate in the European Union and worldwide. Includes background information, current research, event calendar, and membership information.
- International Biometric Industry Association
- Trade association advancing the interests of the biometric industry. Offers public information and advocacy on behalf of biometric manufacturers, integrators and end users.
- Iris Recognition Homepage
- Scientific resource portal to facilitate the development of new concepts in iris recognition and biometric systems.
- IRISEP: Iris European Project
- International, academic, and business endeavour to find cheap and reliable personal identification systems based on biometrics such as iris patterns.
- University of Bologna: Biometric Systems Laboratory
- Research on biometric systems and automatic identification systems from the University of Bologna. Includes researcher profiles, papers, and bibliography. In English.
- Wikipedia: Biometrics
- Overview of the science of biometrics, methods for uniquely recognising a particular person based on intrinsic physical or behavioural traits. Includes the history of biometrics, privacy issues, and experiments worldwide.
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