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Gates Foundation commits $200M to digital ID and other public infrastructure
The foundation is a major backer of the MOSIP open-source digital identity platform, among various programs related to digital ID .. read the full report here

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Venture capital will fund biometrics startups based on founders and focus over product
Fund managers at big venture capital firms want to invest in biometrics, but have a hard time judging which technologies...
 
GAIN one year in: demos successful but plenty of work ahead to reach global interoperability
Creating ways for digital identities to work anywhere in the world is endlessly complex. GAIN, or the Global Assured Identity...
Attorneys, digital rights advocates want facial recognition process open to discovery in court
Two digital rights groups and a defendants’ rights association are arguing in a New Jersey court that evidence discovery in...
 
Biometrics use by law enforcement criticized in three European countries
Europe continues to wrestle with privacy issues around the collection of sensitive biometric data by law enforcement. In France, Norway,...
iiDENTIFii secures $15M in funding to expand face biometric authentication across Africa
South Africa-based iiDENTIFii has secured 272 million South Africa Rand (approximately US$15.2 million) in a series A funding round to...
 
Pangiam and Clear partner on pre-scheduled TSA biometric screening times at MIA
Security technology firm Pangiam has partnered with biometric identity verification provider Clear, software and consultancy company Copenhagen Optimization and American...
Clearview granted patent for building biometric training dataset by USPTO
A patent has been granted to Clearview AI for its method of gathering and preparing training data for face biometrics...
 
Texas university launches lab to investigate AI bias with support from Pangiam
A new lab has been established at SMU (Southern Methodist University), with Pangiam as its first industry partner, to investigate...
Private medical record photos spotted in biometrics training dataset
Medical record photos are private — but that may not stop them from showing up in datasets used to train...
 
Bangladesh to allow some leeway in case of biometric match failure
The Election Commission (EC) in Bangladesh has said it will allow up to 1 percent of voters in each polling...
Precise Biometrics extends YOUNiQ contracts in Sweden, unveils Algo division plans
Precise Biometrics has unveiled a series of updates, extending a partnership with rental space solutions firm Algeco and welcoming new...
 
Twenty20 adds facial recognition capabilities to gunshot detection security solution
Security service provider Twenty20 Solutions has partnered with service and sales operation Acoem USA to add active shooter location identification...
Researchers pitch model law for facial recognition to Australian government
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney have published a model law to regulate facial recognition technologies in the country....
 
Biometric data collection by Chinese government still growing, along with breaches
Beijing appears to be ramping up its collection of biometric data, as reports roll in of increased surveillance and monitoring...
  Innovatrics’ fingerprint biometric algorithms stand out in NIST test
  Final demo of EU’s D4FLY spots ID fraud
  Gates Foundation commits $200M to digital ID and other public infrastructure
  Tascent’s multimodal biometrics contracted for Palau border, Australian prisons
  Data security rules needed for Nepalese digital ID, Nigeria’s World Bank funding
  UK regulator, California lawmakers tackling children’s online data privacy challenges
Biometrics White Papers
Preventing stadium violence
Many stadiums and sports venues are left wondering how they can safeguard the fan experience and keep hooligans, criminals and...
 
How biometric technology is reinventing patient identification
It’s hard to care for patients if you don’t know who they are. Yet while patient identification systems have come...
ISO PAD and FIDO testing comparison
Two of the most popular testing services that iBeta offers are ISO 30107 compliance, and FIDO Biometrics Component Certification. To...
 
Customer identity continuity: why it’s critical
Industry analysts and practitioners explain how challenges with customer experience, fraud, and consistency throughout the customer lifecycle can be solved...
Events and Webinars
5th Annual World Digital Banking Summit
  September 29, 2022 - September 30, 2022
OIX’s Identity Trust Conference 2022
  September 29, 2022
UK Home Office biometric self-enrolment technology – findings from recent large scale trials and future plans
  October 4, 2022
Identity Week America
  October 4, 2022 - October 5, 2022
GITEX Global
  October 10, 2022 - October 14, 2022
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