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Africa’s data protection action pushing digital ID forward
Major gains in digital identity policy and the related regulation of data privacy in many African countries provide practical lessons...
 
Onfido adds ETSI identity proofing certification to support customer expansion
UK-based biometric identity verification provider Onfido says it has achieved the latest European standard for identity proofing and trust services,...
Microsoft to pay $20M fine for collecting kids’ biometrics on Xbox
Microsoft has been fined $20 million over allegations by U.S. regulators that they collected biometrics and other personal data from...
 
New US state law narrows its privacy targets for children online
The U.S. state of Florida is next to pass legislation giving people more control over their information, including biometric data....
Self-sovereign ID startup comes out of the gate flush
A formerly stealth-mode identity startup says it is distributing its first products, a self-sovereign identity tool kit. Truvity is out...
 
Shufti Pro, Innovatrics, and Fourthline ink KYC deals as consumer interest in AML spikes
Selfie biometrics and liveness detection vendors are extending their reach amid an upswing in consumer concern about money laundering and...
Google Wallet rolls out mDL support and prepares more digital identity use cases
Google Wallet users in certain U.S. states will now be able to store digital identities on their phones. From today...
 
4 digital identity vendors talk up their passkey efforts
It is getting harder to avoid knowledge about passkeys. This week alone, four vendors including Meta announced passkey capabilities in...
Biometrics and digital ID raise policy questions; Simprints and Yoti have answers
As debates over digital IDs and biometric data privacy become more heated, identity solutions companies are hoping to bring more...
 
ID verification infrastructure: how to decide which Is best for your business
By Henry Patishman, Executive VP, Identity Verification Solutions at Regula Nowadays, many businesses have fully migrated some of their operations...
CyberLink announces integrations with e-signature provider and MediaTek’s IoT platform
Facial recognition firm CyberLink is set to collaborate with digital signature solutions provider Kdan Mobile Software. The collaboration will see...
 
Au10tix restructures fraud protection, digital ID portfolio to simplify customer choices
Identity intelligence company Au10tix has completed its portfolio restructuring, which culminated in the relaunch of its Instinct offering as Serial...
Cutting out clustered data points to reduce facial recognition bias explained in AFRL talk
Despite the presence of many “heavy hitters” in the public discourse about bias in facial recognition, misunderstanding about the nature...
 
Uganda plans biometric gates at land borders to control trade fraud
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has hinted on a plan to introduce automated gates at border entry points in order...
  Sovrin highlights the risks of commingling data in digital identity guardianship
  Sberbank continues aggressive moves to lock up local market for retail face biometrics
  Apple Vision Pro headset to have Optic ID biometrics built in
  Legal wrangling over legal wrangling in 3 US biometric privacy cases
  KYC providers introduce new identity verification capabilities
  ThreatFabric, Pangea, ID.me announce new senior executives
Biometrics White Papers
iProov Biometric Threat Intelligence Report 2023
As face verification gains traction and becomes more prevalent, threat actors are developing evermore sophisticated ways to circumvent these systems...
 
From good to great: The right biometrics capabilities for better banking
The banking industry was already a major user of biometric solutions before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic accelerated the...
One selfie to rule them all: Could distributed biometrics revolutionize the way we authenticate?
Traditional biometric authentication methods, which include both local and server-side biometrics, have limitations that need to be addressed. Local biometrics...
 
Deep dive into deepfakes
Concerns about fraud are growing as the technology to create deepfakes becomes increasingly accessible. This white paper by ID R&D...
Events and Webinars
Digital Identity unConference Europe​ 2023
  June 7, 2023 - June 9, 2023
Final workshop of the DATAFACE project
  June 8, 2023
Webinar: Is your digital onboarding really digital?
  June 15, 2023
Future Identity Finance
  June 20, 2023
Biometrics Institute: US Discussion Day 2023
  June 21, 2023
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