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Success of age estimation, digital ID trials in UK lead to pressure for changes to the law
In trials managed by the Home Office and Office for Product Safety and Standards, a variety of settings were tested such as instore and click-and-collect purchases as well as licensed venues .. read the full report here

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Anonybit adds decentralized biometric authentication to Ping Identity partner program
Anonybit and Ping Identity have partnered to bring the former’s protection against data breaches and account takeover attacks to the...
 
SecureAuth unveils 7 patents for behavioral biometrics, ID proofing
The United States patent office has granted SecureAuth seven patents for methods of authenticating claimed ID using automated risk-based control...
Surveillance states: life in the facial recognition spotlight in China, Iran and India
Police activity following November’s anti COVID-19 policy protests in China suggest they are using new surveillance techniques. Concerns are increasing...
 
Army seeks big AI answers from small businesses
The U.S. Army is looking to small businesses for what it calls trusted AI and autonomy technologies. The Army says...
Employees saying no to biometric timekeepers
Consumers might be the biggest class of people suffering the loss of control of their biometric data to governments and...
 
UK age estimation trials and beyond: Innovative Technology
For the second in our series on participants in age estimation and digital identity trials for the purchase of alcohol...
Idemia part of Potential Consortium awarded large-scale pilots for EU Digital Identity Wallet
Idemia is a member of the Potential Consortium which has been selected by the European Commission to run cross-border large-scale...
 
NADRA rolls out patient ID verification for transparency in organ transplants
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is introducing a new biometric patient ID verification system to enhance transparency in...
BioID Technologies palm biometrics scanner certified to FBI specification
China-based BioID Technologies has received certification to the IAFIS Appendix-F specification from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for the...
 
Airside’s mobile ID solution gets Kantara certification for advanced data protection
The mobile digital identity verification solution from Airside, which develops biometrics products for health and travel, has earned Identity Assurance...
Pakistan biometric beneficiary program issuing $240M in first installment
The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Pakistan started releasing the first quarterly installment of 7,000 Pakistani rupees (US$30.60) to...
 
Success of age estimation, digital ID trials in UK lead to pressure for changes to the law
The influential British Retail Consortium (BRC) is calling for a change to the law to allow the use of age...
Jumio downsizes as identity verification providers respond to economic climate
Jumio has laid off more than 100 from its workforce, a source tells Biometric Update. The company confirmed that it...
 
Clear must re-enroll 48K members after it’s found they weren’t biometrically checked
Biometric ID verifier Clear Secure is categorically denying it has experienced security vulnerabilities or violations. A trade publication is reporting...
  Potentially a big week for Microsoft’s AI aspirations
  EU data protection supervisor warns on migrant privacy rights
  California proposed budget sustains digital ID project funding
  Sierra Leone signs up for national digital ID pilot built with MOSIP
  Pakistan ID authority shares data of 4K wanted people for biometric matching
  Germany positioned to dig heels in over EU’s AI Act, biometrics use
Biometrics White Papers
Multispectral imaging (MSI) fingerprint technology
Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to validate identities for secure interactions and services such as banking transactions, medication dispensing,...
 
Presentation attack detection: Measuring performance of APCER and BPCER
APCER and BPCER are acronyms for error rates used to quantify the performance of presentation attack detection (PAD) systems. This...
Improving the ATM experience with biometrics multi-factor authentication
ATMs in the U.S. and other parts of the world have generally validated the identity of bank customers with something...
 
On-demand webinar – Human or machine: AI proves best at spotting biometric attacks
With large organizations processing millions of face checks monthly, one advantage of AI liveness detection is the reduced burden on...
Events and Webinars
Ethics, biometrics and AI: the good, the bad and the ugly – Why European Parliament’s concerns are probably disproportionate
  January 31, 2023
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
World Police Summit
  March 7, 2023 - March 9, 2023
7th Edition Connected Banking Summit East Africa
  March 7, 2023
SECON 2023
  March 29, 2023 - March 31, 2023
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