PRESS RELEASES
IQ Biometrix Forms Strategic Alliance
With SocialTech
BURLINGAME
& CUPERTINO, Calif. Sept. 26, 2002 - IQ Biometrix Inc.,
the operating entity of JVWeb Inc. JVWW, a worldwide provider
of facial comparison security software, announced today
that it has formed a strategic alliance with SocialTech
Inc.
The
two organizations will integrate their respective software
products in order to help law enforcement officials and
community organizations quickly solve crimes.
TRAK,
"Technology to Recover Abducted Kids," is a computer
software system that was originally designed to help law
enforcement agencies locate and recover abducted children.
It has since been used in countless types of cases, assisting
law enforcement in the process of communicating important
visual information. This system allows any police officer
to quickly and efficiently create high-resolution photo
bulletins and share them electronically with other law enforcement
jurisdictions, the media, and the community, when they deem
it appropriate. Learn more at http://socialtech.trak.org/.
FACES
3.0, The Ultimate Composite Picture, has been a key element
in the capture of criminals. Soon to be launched FACES 4.0
is based on an extensive library of over 5,000 different
facial features -- 1,200 more than version 3.0 -- including
scars, tattoos, earrings and piercings, and many other unique
facial traits. The features can be combined, through the
software program, into unique facial composites, which can
be converted into unique 38-digit alphanumeric ID codes.
FACES
3.0 has been in the market for four years, and is used by
more than 5,000 police and intelligence agencies, including
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. military.
Through the application of a common alphanumeric ID code
all of these law enforcement agencies can quickly and effectively
work together to apprehend criminals. FACES also functions
as a problem prevention application in several hundred schools.
Learn more about FACES: www.iqbiometrix.com
IQ
Biometrix has a close relationship with the Fox Network
television series "America's Most Wanted," (AMW)
which is viewed by 15 million people weekly. AMW has adopted
the FACES software as a crime-solving tool. The host of
the series, John Walsh, is the official spokesperson for
the FACES software. FACES is featured on the America's most
wanted Web site's homepage at www.amw.com
Except
for historical information, the matters set forth herein
which are forward-looking statements involve certain risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ.
Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited
to, the level of government, business and consumer spending
for computer software; the market acceptance and amount
of sales of the Company's products; the competitive environment
within the facial recognition software industry, the Company's
ability to raise additional capital, the extent and cost-effectiveness
with which the Company is able to develop, acquire or license
marketable products, and the market acceptance and successful
technical and economic implementation of the Company's programs.
Investors are directed to consider other risks and uncertainties
in documents including, forms 8K and 10QSB, filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov.
Contact
Information:
Media:
IQ Biometrix Inc.
Greg Micek, 559/222-2229
or
SocialTech Inc.
Todd Bower, 800/724-8725
or
IQ Biometrix Inc. Investors:
Equity Communications
Robert Schechter, 212/499-6809
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