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A nice $14M seed for an AI company making model-monitoring software
Machine learning software maker Deepchecks has received a healthy $14 million seed round. Company executives have taken the opportunity to...
 
Are decentralized IDs a question of culture? Experts discuss Web3
As digital identities sweep the world, more technologists are looking at how to ensure identity privacy and security by building...
Theft of driver’s license data in Louisiana could be a big test for digital ID
There are reports that 6 million public records have been exposed in the U.S. state of Louisiana, part of a...
 
US state, Ireland curb police use of facial recognition
The push and pull of police policy governing biometric surveillance has been tugged hard by privacy advocates. Law enforcement in...
EU Digital Identity Wallet technical specifications out in the next weeks
Preparations are ramping up for the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI) launch with the European Commission revealing that its technical...
 
UK retailer uses ITL biometrics to verify age as teen vaping risks pile up
A Bestway Retail convenience store in the city of Southampton has installed facial biometrics-based age estimation software and hardware designed...
Password managers roll out passkeys for Android, biometrics for Windows
Password manager app Dashlane is set to introduce third-party passkey support for Android 14 users. Passkeys are a type of...
 
Rules around bulk data purchases by US intelligence, law enforcement reviewed
An insurer must cover an Illinois client’s lawsuit over alleged biometric data privacy violations in a case involving the sale...
India expands partnership on digital public infrastructure experience-sharing at G20
India recently concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four countries to share its digital stack experience with them. The...
 
Pilot shows digital travel credentials’ evolution in progress
Identity Week Europe 2023 was held in Amsterdam between June 13th and 14th, attracting over 4,000 professionals from the identity...
Namibian lawmakers examine bill to streamline civil registration, lower age for ID cards
A draft piece of legislation seeking to make changes to Namibia’s civil status registration and identification system is currently in...
 
FIDO Alliance gets ITU approval for two specifications in passwordless authentication
The International Telecommunication Union’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) has recognized two of the FIDO Alliance’s remote authentication specifications – FIDO...
TFT biometric sensor development gets a boost
TFT sensors for fingerprints and veins showed up in two of the most popular articles on Biometric Update this week....
 
Idex books $1M order for biometric payment card tech as vendors anticipates gains
A volume production order worth close to $1 million has been placed with Idex Biometrics for the company’s Pay authentication...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biometrics White Papers
Biometric technologies reshaping identity verification
Information security spending reached $76.9 billion USD in 2015 globally and it is expected to reach $170 billion by the...
 
Using biometric technology to fight public sector benefit fraud
The pandemic caused a scramble to digitize typically in-person services in order to provide extensive financial aid to those in...
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