| Daily Biometrics News : Jul 5, 2025 |
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| Govt ID systems enable financial inclusion, and without oversight, surveillance |
| Biometric databases held by governments form the basis of traditional, centralized digital ID systems, but these system require careful management…Read More |
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| IN Groupe completes acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity |
| The deal is done: French document printing institution IN Groupe has completed its acquisition of… |
| Sri Lanka digital identity project RFP issued |
| The National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) has issued a Request for Proposals on behalf of… |
| Is this the world’s most vulnerable national ID system? |
| By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Few things have driven biometric… |
| Namibia weighs biometrics options for foundation of instant payment system |
| One of the signs of progress towards realizing the “prioritizing use, accelerating impact” part of… |
| Switzerland prepares to introduce biometric ID cards |
| Switzerland is planning to introduce a new chip-enabled biometric identity card by the end of… |
| GOV.UK App goes live in beta form |
| The GOV.UK App is now available for download. The app is still technically in public… |
| Gamma UK DIATF goes live, formalizing Digital Verification Service |
| The UK government has published the final version of its “gamma” UK digital identity and… |
| Internal struggle over US federal biometric data management intensifies |
| As the U.S. federal government expands its use of biometric technologies to manage everything from… |
| Trump’s megabill expands biometric surveillance |
| As debate intensifies in the United States over H.R. 1, otherwise known as the “One… |
| CBP’s biometric border dragnet and the corporate state behind it |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is on the verge of reissuing a sweeping regulatory… |
| New ICE mobile app pushes biometric policing onto American streets |
| U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly deployed a new surveillance tool in its… |
| Trump administration’s citizenship database avoids oversight; ignites Big Brother fears |
| In a sweeping move that has reshaped the architecture of federal identity verification, the Trump… |
| Enhanced Passenger Processing enters the fray at US airports |
| Air travel is so back. Numbers are up, and it’s the Fourth of July, when… |
| Auditor demands better accounting from IRS for biometric identity proofing |
| The U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) effort to modernize digital identity verification stands at the… |
| Growing identity fraud challenges put higher education at risk |
| By Chris Borkenhagen, CISO & Chief Digital Officer at AuthenticID As higher education institutions continue… |
| Somalia’s biometric border overhaul signals deeper US engagement |
| In a move hailed as both technologically significant and strategically vital, Somalia formally launched the… |
| Libyan firm wins Niger biometric passport, national ID contract |
| Libyan biometrics solutions provider Al Itissan Al-Jadeed has been contracted to oversee an upgrade of… |
| Digital government app in Eswatini sparks public criticism over data privacy |
| A digital government application, which was launched in May in Eswatini, is facing public scrutiny… |
| IGF discussions advance push for interoperable digital ID in Africa |
| In the past, there’ve been calls, including from UNECA, for a unique African interoperable digital… |
| Europe’s digital ID could inspire Global South’s next generation of DPI: TECH5 |
| Many countries have spent years building large-scale identity databases for issuing national documents, often based… |
| An approach to developing digital identification in the context of DPI |
| By Juan Pablo García Cairello, Digital Identity Manager at AGESIC In 2023, G20 leaders defined… |
| OpenWallet Foundation hosts MOSIP for guide through its Inji credentialing stack |
| The OpenWallet Foundation Interoperability SIG hosted a presentation by MOSIP with Vibha Menon, Product Owner… |
| Greater urgency for digital overhaul of public services: UN Public Service Forum |
| Governments must ramp up the urgency of digital transformation to deliver inclusive, transparent and effective… |
| IOM unveils methodology to assess performance of legal ID systems |
| The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has unveiled what it calls the Legal Identity System… |
| Uzbekistan leans into digitalization |
| Digital versions of ID-related documents are now valid nationwide in Uzbekistan – but there is… |
| Vietnam kicks off e-ID registration campaign for foreign nationals |
| Vietnam has kicked off a 50-day campaign to register foreign nationals for the new Level-2… |
| Indonesia and Tony Blair Institute unveil roadmap to bridge financial inclusion gap |
| A new study from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), launched in partnership… |
| Middle East digital transformation prompts digital ID adoption and partnership |
| The Middle East is seeing particularly strong growth in digital identity, cybersecurity, biometrics and other… |
| PNG strengthens digital ID ties with Australia, updates policy draft |
| Papua New Guinea (PNG) authorities are bolstering their digital cooperation partnership with Australia as their… |
| Social media’s age verification crisis: Can platforms solve the technical and ethical puzzle? |
| The demand for robust, ethical, and privacy-first verification systems is growing rapidly, explains Liudas Kanapienis,… |
| Facial age estimation raises technical, legal, interdisciplinary questions |
| The latest Lunch Talk from the European Association of Biometrics focuses on facial age estimation… |
| DSA guidelines risk fragmentation of EU age assurance for social media |
| The EU may allow member states to set their own age requirements for accessing certain… |
| Canada considers age assurance legislation to match UK, EU |
| A new bill that would require porn sites to implement age assurance technology has been… |
| Video games need age assurance; k-ID and Microsoft offer good models: WEF |
| It is, in some sense, the elephant in the virtual living room, and definitely not… |
| Meta pushes common online age of majority in EU, Brazil cracks down on Instagram |
| Meta has published a statement in support of proposals to establish a common Digital Majority… |
| UK chooses stop-gap biometrics oversight, leaves surveillance camera role empty |
| The UK now has a stop-gap Biometrics Commissioner, having appointed Francesca Whitelaw KC to role… |
| UK govt considering pleas to set police facial recognition use on solid legal ground |
| The UK government is considering introducing new legislation to back the use of facial recognition… |
| London police mark 1K arrests through live facial recognition |
| The UK’s largest police force has announced a new milestone of more than 1,000 wanted… |
| New Orleans police seek expanded facial recognition powers amid privacy backlash |
| The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is pressing the City Council to roll back restrictions… |
| Kazakhstan bans face coverings that impede facial recognition in public |
| The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has signed a legislation that prevents the wearing of… |
| Facial recognition systems based on older methods show high levels of bias: Study |
| A new study has revealed troubling differences in how facial recognition systems relying on widely… |
| Ethereum co-founder warns of privacy risks in ZK-based one-ID-per-person systems |
| The tech world loves a good beef, and a fresh one concerns the pros and… |
| Google-Sparkasse partnership makes Google’s ZKP library open source |
| Google is embracing zero knowledge proofs (ZKP) for age verification, having this week announced a… |
| No Phone Home campaign waves red flag over server retrieval for digital ID |
| Anonymous identity verification isn’t actually anonymous if it has to “phone home” to the original… |
