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The devilish details of digital health passes in an atmosphere of urgency, uncertainty
Interoperability, oversight and data minimization are regulatory priorities for whatever kind of vaccination credentials or digital health passes we end up with. Executives from Aware, Evernym and SecureKey weigh in .. Keep reading this report

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Biometric Update Daily News
Tech5 and Imageware integrate biometrics portfolios, unveil first joint customer win
Tech5 and Imageware have come together to develop a combined biometric solution for the marine and visitor management industries, and formed...
 
Integrated Biometrics plans integration of touchless fingerprint enhancements
Sciometrics, strategic partner of Integrated Biometrics, has filed for patents on technology to improve image quality for touchless fingerprint biometrics...
Neoris, Veridas partner to offer voice biometrics for banking sector
Neoris says it has reached an international agreement with Veridas to respond to the growing need for biometric identity verification...
 
UK Post Office-Yoti biometrics tie-up allows users to buy ‘regulated crypto’ via Swarm
The latest functionality for holders of the UK Post Office’s digital ID app EasyID is proving their identity for putting...
UK plans $550M budget for government digital identity update
The United Kingdom’s upcoming digital identity system may cost the country up to £400 million (roughly US$552 million), ComputerWeekly reports....
 
Kenya’s private sector can push digital identity drive: Estonian leader
The President of Estonia has praised Kenya’s digital identity journey and says she believes the private sector can help push...
Fed surveillance oversight board stuck in neutral, Biden busy elsewhere
President Joe Biden has yet to fill three vacancies on a five-person board created after 9/11 to monitor how the...
 
Privacy concerns linger around new EU data sharing Protocol
The Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence, which can include...
Evaluation ordered of biometric screening of displaced Afghans
The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced it is beginning an evaluation of the screening...
 
Will Washington-Beijing competition entice biometrics unicorns home?
Maybe China’s authoritarian government is giving ground on foreign investment in domestic companies. Or maybe market economics is again pushing...
The devilish details of digital health passes in an atmosphere of urgency, uncertainty
The world is coming to terms with the likelihood that thousands of people will die of COVID-19 each month for...
 
Brahmarsk launches face biometrics API tolerant of pandemic-related occlusions
Brahmarsk, an information and technology solutions company serving security purposes, has announced the unveiling of TrustIDConnect, an API that facilitates...
Austin GIS launched to support computer vision IaaS with $6M from Vsblty, others
SaaS based software technology company Vsblty is one of five founding partners of new startup Austin GIS, formed to focus on...
 
Ontario plans SSI-based digital ID by fall, Liquid Avatar lauds use of open standards
The Canadian Province of Ontario has unveiled its digital identity standards and technology plan, ahead of a planned launch of...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
EAB Research Projects Conference 2021
  September 13, 2021 - September 15, 2021
EAB Research Projects Conference 2021 Online September 13-15, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is presenting its “EAB Research...
ICT Spring Europe 2021
  September 14, 2021 - September 15, 2021
ICT Spring Europe 2021 Luxembourg September 14 – 15, 2021 ICT Spring is a conference hosting an array of international...
Forensics Europe Expo
  September 14, 2021 - September 16, 2021
Forensics Europe Expo London, UK September 14 – 16, 2021 FEE is the only exhibition in Europe covering every aspect...
European Biometrics Max Snijder, Research, and Industry Awards 2021
  September 15, 2021 - September 15, 2021
European Biometrics Max Snijder, Research, and Industry Awards 2021  Online September 15, 2021 (16:30-21:30) The European Association for Biometrics (EAB)...
ID4Africa i-On-Africa: Reports from Nigeria and Rwanda
  September 15, 2021 - September 15, 2021
i-On-Africa: Reports from Nigeria and Rwanda Online September 15, 2021, 12:30 GMT ID4Africa will kickstart Season 3 of its much-awaited...