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Huduma Namba digital ID cards to go into production as 2022 election issues raised
After a mass registration exercise to capture the nation’s biometrics for the ambitious Huduma Namba unique identifier number, the program is moving to the next stage: card production. The scheme to create a ‘single source of truth’ on every Kenyan citizen and resident and has proved controversial at every step, including legal action at the High Court ... Read the full report.

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Biometrics Institute, ID4Africa, ID2020, Amber and NIST host online events this month
Biometrics Institute Congress 2020 continues online with sessions on ‘The Power of Digital ID – Authentication in Digital Trust Frameworks’ and...
 
NEC acquires Avaloq for $2.2B to combine biometrics and analytics with cloud services for digital transformation
NEC has announced the acquisition of Swiss financial software company Avaloq Group AG to integrate its biometrics and artificial intelligence technologies...
Heathrow’s dormakaba biometric boarding installation to reach 400 gates by year-end
Biometric integration for the facial recognition boarding process at Heathrow is provided by dormakaba, a case study for IFSEC Global reveals....
 
Consumers? Engineers? Policy makers? Who should make data privacy more rational?
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Researchers show modest progress in face biometrics bias reduction, find a possible cause
Facial recognition developers appear to be making progress in reducing “bias” or demographic disparities in biometric accuracy, based on the...
 
Amazon aims to improve biometric features and privacy with new edge AI chip in Echo devices
A new processor in Amazon’s latest generation of Echo devices are giving the Alexa assistant intriguing capabilities that the company...
ExtoWallet’s biometric card with FPC sensor and smartphone face recognition secures crypto assets
A new cryptocurrency wallet secured with a biometric smart card, smartphone-based face recognition and distributed ledger technology, the ExtoWallet, is...
 
Madagascar gets $143M World Bank boost to improve its digital ID management system
The island African nation of Madagascar is set to ameliorate its digital identity management system as well as digitize some...
Simprints biometric vaccine management solution among winners of MIT healthcare challenge
A biometric system for vaccine delivery entered by Simprints Technology is among the winners of MIT Solve’s Health Security &...
 
ID.me identity verification selected to vet suspect unemployment claims
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) announced it has entered an identity verification partnership with ID.me. The contract...
AB Kiosk biometrics adopted for mandatory alcohol control by U.S. tribal authority
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Huduma Namba digital ID cards to go into production as 2022 election issues raised
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Suprema Connect 2020
  September 15, 2020 - October 14, 2020
Suprema Connect 2020 Online Sept 15 – Oct 14, 2020 Suprema Connect 2020 is an online virtual event featuring Suprema...
ISC West
  October 5, 2020 - October 7, 2020
ISC West Online October 5-7, 2020 The ISC West 2020 Virtual Event plans to offer a 3-day agenda full educational...
Behavioural Analysis 2020
  October 5, 2020 - October 8, 2020
Behavioural Analysis 2020 Online October 5 – 8, 2020 Join ‘live’ online presentations exploring how hostile or criminal intent can...
Deepfake detection: humans vs machine
  October 6, 2020 - October 6, 2020
Deepfake detection: humans vs machine Online October 6, 2020, 12:30pm CE(S)T Deepfake videos, where a person’s face is automatically swapped...
Biometrics Institute Congress
  October 7, 2020 - October 31, 2020
Biometrics Institute Congress Online October 7 – 31, 2020 The Biometrics Institute Congress is our flagship annual event which attracts...
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