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The private sector wants a stake in legal ID 
In the latest episode of our ID169 podcast, we explore how private companies are involved in ID schemes around the world, how new open-source, plug and play ID platforms give governments more control over private sector involvement, and more .. listen to episode 4 here

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Some US regulators considering new consumer data privacy rules; others want to pass
Apparently not happy to court controversy one decision at a time, U.S. regulator the Federal Trade Commission is going for...
 
NIST’s image standards could become win/lose factor for govt biometrics contractors
The U.S. government is developing a vendor-neutral standard for assessing how useful an image might be for biometric identification. The...
Illuma Labs brings 2 credit union customers onboard as voice biometrics investors
Illuma Labs is raised funds from two of its existing credit union customers after demonstrating the effectiveness of its voice...
 
Kenyan election’s poll-day success belies suspicion of Smartmatic biometric voter kits
Ahead of a court challenge of the results of Kenya’s recent election, African publication The Elephant examined the role of...
Zimbabwe’s leader a controversial proponent of biometric IDs
It likely is not the endorsement that backers of digital national IDs would seek, but the controversial President of Zimbabwe...
 
India’s high court requests UIDAI to use Aadhaar biometrics to ID accident victims
India’s High Court (HC) is asking the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as well as the Delhi city government...
Idiap researchers propose biometric fairness metrics to decouple bias from accuracy
Several new measures for quantifying demographic differentials, or bias, in biometric identity verification systems are suggested in a paper which...
 
TypingDNA integrates behavioral biometrics with WSO2 IAM for customer, employee authentication
Customers using a pair of WS02’s identity and access management (IAM) solutions are now able to deploy TypingDNA’s behavioral biometric...
Hitachi ID and Hypr partner on passwordless biometrics to tackle phishing, account takeovers
Hitachi ID has entered a new biometrics partnership with decentralized authentication expert Hypr. As part of the collaboration, the companies...
 
Google puts multimodal biometrics unlock on Pixels, Samsung gets faster fingerprint sensor
Several big names in smartphones have unveiled updates (or have been the object of rumors) regarding new biometrics within their...
Pakistani political ‘hecklers’ threatened with blocked biometric ID, bank accounts
Pakistan’s Interior Minister has warned that supporters of recently-ousted prime minister Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party whose...
 
Face biometrics deployed for everything from supermarket payments to World Cup security
Face biometrics deployments spanning identity verification, small-n searches and large-scale forensic investigation, and even live facial recognition dominate the most-read...
The ultimate retail experience starts with facial recognition
As digital transformation sweeps across our society, bringing together the physical and virtual worlds, the retail space is changing in...
 
Biometrics are transforming the retail landscape
The retail experience has undergone profound shifts in the past decade. As consumers grew more comfortable making purchases online, they...
  Russia’s biggest bank gets patents for detecting deepfakes
  Africa needs biometric de-duplication, Smile Identity argues
  Mexican soccer removes face biometrics from Fan ID security scheme
  OCR Labs appoints leader to expand biometric onboarding into gaming industry
  Biometric bartender can tell if you want to talk about the weather or just be left alone
  Lessons in informing public about digital ID from Jamaica and Singapore
Events and Webinars
Digital Transformation in Banking Summit (APAC)
  August 25, 2022 - August 25, 2022
Digital Transformation in Banking Summit (APAC) Singapore August 25, 2022 Kinfos Events observed a deep surge of interest in ‘Digital...
SPIE Remote Sensing
  September 5, 2022 - September 8, 2022
SPIE Remote Sensing Berlin, Germany September 5 – 8, 2022 SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2022 combines two of Europe’s best...
Identity Week Asia
  September 6, 2022 - September 7, 2022
Identity Week Asia Singapore September 6-7, 2022 Identity Week Asia is a conference and exhibition bringing together the brightest minds...
Future Tech Expo & Summit
  September 12, 2022 - September 13, 2022
Future Tech Expo & Summit Sultanate of Oman and Online September 12 – 13, 2022 After its successful launch, as...
EAB-RPC 2022 – EAB Research Projects Conference 2022
  September 12, 2022 - September 14, 2022
EAB-RPC 2022 – EAB Research Projects Conference 2022 September 12-14, 2022 Fraunhofer IGD, Fraunhoferstraße 5, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany The 9th...
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