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Role of biometrics and private sector in legal identity debated in UNDP event
The private sector and biometrics likely both have roles in legal identity systems, but what those roles are, and the relationship between legal and digital ID, remain subjects of significant disagreement .. Keep reading this report.

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Role of biometrics and private sector in legal identity debated in UNDP event
The private sector and biometrics likely both have roles in legal identity systems, participants in a United Nations Development Programme...
 
$2M of MIT funding to solve world challenges including digital inclusion
Antiracist Technology and Digital Inclusion are among the categories of MIT Solve 2021, an initiative from the Massachusetts Institute of...
Ingram Micro unit to distribute Jumio selfie biometrics, KYC to channel partners
Jumio has reached a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro and its Emerging Business Group to market and deliver end-to-end biometric...
 
Baltimore City Council proposes overarching ban on facial recognition, SIA calls for sanity
In a series of local rules proposed and passed by local government in the U.S. to limit the use of...
Ping Identity partners with Auraya on voice biometrics, ProofID on PSD2 compliance
Ping Identity has closed a new partnership with Auraya to bring voice recognition to its enterprise customers. As part of...
 
Listening better and identifying from farther away — US intel agency touts new programs
The U.S. government is teasing a couple of technologies it is pursuing for intelligence gathering teams, at least one of...
Vodacom Tanzania introduces voice biometrics for access to services
Vodacom Tanzania, a subsidiary of South Africa’s Vodacom Group, has announced the unveiling of a biometric identity verification feature which...
 
1.4M Afghan refugees in Pakistan to receive new biometric ID cards
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has begun issuing biometric identity smartcards to the 1.4 million Afghan refugees already...
ICE deploys mobile face biometrics to remotely monitor registered migrants
A pair of recently deployed facial recognition systems are helping the U.S. government monitor migrants and other foreign nationals crossing...
 
Dermalog awarded for biometric cameras, IDology for digital ID solutions
Dermalog has won a German Innovation Award 2021 in the GOLD category for its multi-biometric camera technology. The award was...
Next Biometrics lands $100K purchase order, FPC scores follow-on design win
Next Biometrics has received a new purchase order for its fingerprint sensors from an existing U.S.-based Identity and Access Management...
 
Options and control: what people want when using digital ID for seamless travel
Travel is probably the one thing we do that requires the most verifications of our identity. Then add in related...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
ATMINSEC ATM Security Conference and Exhibition
  June 1, 2021 - June 2, 2021
ATMINSEC ATM Security Conference and Exhibition Istanbul, Turkey June 1 – 2, 2021 ATMINSEC ATM Security Conference and Exhibition will...
ENBANTEC Retail Banking Conference EMEA
  June 2, 2021 - June 3, 2021
ENBANTEC Retail Banking Conference EMEA June 2 – 3, 2021 Live Virtual Event The ENBANTEC Retail Banking Conference EMEA on...
EAB workshop on fingerprint image quality (NFIQ2.1)
  June 15, 2021 - June 16, 2021
EAB workshop on fingerprint image quality (NFIQ2.1) Online June 15-16, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) together with the...
FinTech Connect Toronto
  June 15, 2021 - June 16, 2021
FinTech Connect Toronto Online June 15-16, 2021 FinTech Connect North America is where teams from major financial institutions go to...
Identiverse
  June 21, 2021 - June 23, 2021
Identiverse Denver, CO June 21-23, 2021 Virtual Dates June 21-July 2  The brightest minds in the identity industry come here...