Biometric Update for 02/06 - ID4D, govt spending, border security, police data, passkeys, more

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UK government to subsidize private digital ID schemes

Private digital identity providers are set to benefit as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) picks up the tab for a “substantial proportion” of the costs for digital identity in the country .. read this report here
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AI risk management evolves. Now it has to interoperate

Consensus about AI risk management is growing among the governments of developed economies. That does not mean officials anywhere feel...

Persistent phishing to push passkeys past passwords

The adoption of the FIDO Alliance’s passkeys by tech giants has pushed their support by user devices beyond three out...

Global estimate for people without ID reduced to 850M: ID4D report

Identification for Development (ID4D), the World Bank division devoted to identity projects, has completed an extensive update to its dataset...

Migrant activists in US say mistakes hindering CBP One app

Tactical problems and some strategic oversights are blunting any help that a biometric app can offer for asylum seekers hoping...

UK government to subsidize private digital ID schemes

Private digital identity providers are set to benefit as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) picks up the...

Kenya to clear backlog of biometric passports, new ‘smart and digital ID’ system coming

Kenya’s government has taken delivery of 50,000 booklets which will enable it expedite the issuance of biometric passports after a...

Italian postal service launches project to ease issuance of digital ID, other services

The Italian national postal service (Poste Italiane) has launched a new digital ID initiative to transform post offices in small...

Mantra unveils new optical FAP30 fingerprint scanner with liveness detection

Mantra Softech has developed a new optical FAP30 biometric fingerprint scanner, called the MELO31, to serve a wide range of...

Mixed reactions as Australia’s NSW politicians eye facial recognition for gaming industry

Both Liberal and Labor party politicians in the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) say the deployment of facial...

Netherlands’ face biometrics database for non-EU individuals comes under scrutiny

Privacy advocates in the Netherlands have criticized the use of a biometric database by the police containing the faces of...

Thailand approves mobile digital ID for domestic air travel

Passengers boarding domestic flights in Thailand can now identify themselves using digital ID on a mobile application following approval from...

Protecting our children from the Wild West Web

By Fergal Parkinson, Co-founder and Director, TMT Analysis With 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created every day on the internet...

Application of biometric face identification technologies in financial institutions

By T. R. Abdullin, T. V. Shipunov, and M. N. Zakirov of Inoface (Metrica B LLC) The legal aspects of...

Biometrics considered to answer tough policy questions as US rules settled

Biometric authentication systems are under attack by sophisticated hackers who target active liveness detection, the head of iProov told a...

Mixed bag for biometrics firms reporting financial performance

More taking sides in NYC facial recognition discrimination saga

Jumio boosts executive ranks, CAF names new chief

Startup wants every camera to be a biometric authenticator

Facial recognition in video surveillance hits bumps in the road, but market growing

Police plan expansions of facial recognition across Ireland, Australia, US, Nigeria

Biometrics White Papers

Mitigating demographic bias in facial presentation attack detection

Bias in AI-powered biometric algorithms can lead to unfair treatment of individuals in certain demographic groups based on their gender,...

How biometric technology is reinventing patient identification

It’s hard to care for patients if you don’t know who they are. Yet while patient identification systems have come...

Solving fraud in banking with trusted identities

One of the biggest challenges facing banks today is providing secure and trusted services while substantially improving the customer experience....

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

ID4Africa LiveCast – Civil registration in Africa: Scaling for impact

February 8, 2023

Can we exploit human visual attention to improve face recognition models?

February 14, 2023

Securing identity in a world shared with virtual humans

February 15, 2023

Aviation Festival Asia 2023

February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023

Workshop on protection of biometric data under GDPR

March 1, 2023

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