| Weekend Reading : May 3, 2025 |
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| Biometric credentials upgrading government service delivery around the world |
| The trend of biometrics backing the government-issued credentials and online service platforms that provide access to digital pubic services is…Read More |
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| EU SafeTravellers project works to secure biometric digital travel credentials |
| Idemia Public Security, iProov, Vision-Box and Ubiquitous Technologies Company (Ubitech) are part of a European… |
| CBP seeks biometric photo capture technology for border vehicle inspection |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on commercial… |
| Persona reaches $2 billion valuation with new investment round |
| Persona has announced a $200 million Series D funding round, bringing the company’s valuation to… |
| World storms into US market, riding wave of relaxed regulations |
| It was only a matter of time – both before Sam Altman and Alex Blania’s… |
| World puzzled by lack of public trust in massive technology corporations |
| Sam Altman and Alex Blania, figureheads and evangelists for cryptically related firms World and Tools… |
| Clearview betting on political ties to grow federal contracts |
| When Hal Lambert, a Republican political financier with longstanding ties to conservative circles, was announced… |
| Italian regulator holds out hopes to collect fine from Clearview AI |
| Italy data protection regulator, the Garante, has not given up on collecting the millions of… |
| OpenID community to demo digital ID interoperability, DIF Labs taking proposals |
| Ecosystems supporting interoperable and decentralized models of digital identity are maturing rapidly, and a pair… |
| It’s World Passkey Day, actually: trust, adoption grows for FIDO credential |
| World Password Day is no longer. The annual day to promote secure password practices has… |
| Decentralized identity needs its iPod moment, identity veteran says |
| The message came from Charles Walton, principal at Agosti Group and former SVP of Identity… |
| Digital IDs take root in US as states and federal agencies chart uncertain paths |
| In January, then-President Joe Biden issued the sweeping Executive Order (EO), Strengthening and Promoting Innovation… |
| Digital access to social security number promises speed but worries users |
| The Social Security Administration (SSA) is introducing a new feature that allows individuals with a… |
| Twenty years later the REAL ID debate refuses to go away |
| The states’ pushback against the REAL ID Act has been one of the most enduring,… |
| Policy experts question EU’s AI plan and Eurostack |
| Geopolitical uncertainties have inspired calls in the EU for more technological sovereignty with the economic… |
| Calls for Africa to secure its tech sovereignty amid digital transformation push |
| As the digital transformation debate in Africa shapes up, technology or digital sovereignty is increasingly… |
| WEF launches new DPI initiative focused on emerging tech, including biometrics |
| Global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) initiatives are lagging behind emerging technologies such as AI, which… |
| Tech5 to provide decentralized DPI for Honduras |
| Having acquired patent protection for its decentralized system for digital identity issuance and verification, Swiss… |
| Sri Lanka to call tenders for MOSIP implementation |
| Tenders for implementation of MOSIP (Modular Open-Source Identity Platform), an open-source software system that will… |
| New Zealand issues tender for digital ID services accreditation infrastructure |
| New Zealand’s accredited digital identity services regulator, the Trust Framework Authority (TFA), has published a… |
| New Zealand Privacy Commissioner seeks feedback for Privacy Amendment Bill |
| New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner is opening up to public consultation on the Privacy Amendment Bill… |
| Idemia reveals Armenia JV details, Saudi Arabia MoU, WVU biometrics research lab |
| Idemia is busily establishing new partnerships to develop biometrics for national projects, from Armenia to… |
| Thales driving digital inclusion, behind one in every three smart civil IDs |
| Thales is marking its dominant presence in digital identification with the company behind one in… |
| Mexico gets new biometric national identity document |
| Mexico’s federal government has gotten the political green light to create a new biometric national… |
| Philippines targets NGOs in national digital ID adoption push |
| The Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) is multiplying strategies to ensure greater integration of the national… |
| Ethiopia pilots platform to facilitate access to govt services using Fayda digital ID |
| The federal government of Ethiopia has launched the trial of a platform dubbed “Mesob” that… |
| Guyana preparing to issue new biometric ID cards from 2026 |
| The Vice President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, has told citizens that there are plans to… |
| Papua New Guinea launches integration exercise for national digital identity |
| Papua New Guinea is forging ahead with its national digital ID. A release says the… |
| Milwaukee police debate trading biometric data for Biometrica facial recognition |
| Although it has pledged to seek public consultation before signing a contract with a biometrics… |
| Irish politicians clash over regulation allowing police use of facial recognition |
| Work on drafting the legislation that would allow Irish police forces to use facial recognition… |
| Should police AI have discretion? |
| By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner “Discretion is the art of… |
| One Login 18 steps short of complying with UK national cybersecurity framework |
| Gov.uk One Login is struggling to satisfy the cybersecurity expectations the Government Digital Service says… |
| What Trump’s tariff reversal (and escalation on China) means for the future of cybersecurity |
| By Vytautas Urbonas, CMO at Ondato The Wall Street stock rally due to President Trump’s… |
| US cybersecurity at a crossroads as Trump admin rewrites federal cyber policy |
| At the 2025 RSA Conference in San Francisco, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivered… |
| Google joins age assurance market as Wallet use cases, availability expand |
| Google has unveiled a slate of changes to enable age assurance and identity verification with… |
| Age assurance lobby gets busier with new Meta-backed coalition |
| Washington has a new advocate for consumer choice in the smartphone ecosystem: a release announces… |
| Age assurance shouldn’t lead to harvesting of kids’ data: Irish privacy watchdog |
| Age assurance requirements for pornography sites and platforms hosting extremely violent content will become mandatory… |
| Biometric Update Podcast looks at the road to a global standard for age assurance |
| Episode 2 of the Biometric Update Podcast is a dispatch from the 2025 Global Age… |
| Mitek brings on IdentityMind Founder Gafke with $4M performance-based package |
| Mitek has appointed Garrett Gafke, founder and long-time CEO of IdentityMind , as its new… |
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