| Weekend Reading : Dec 9, 2023 |
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| Role of face biometrics in online life becoming clearer |
| Face biometrics play a key role in the future of digital identity and online transactions, as seen in several of…Read More |
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| Bhutan stands up self-sovereign identity with a small team and smaller budget |
| Bhutan is amongst the poorest and least-developed countries in the world, ranked 134th out of… |
| Papua New Guinea issues RFI for digital ID ecosystem, 6 other DPI projects |
| The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of Papua New Guinea has issued a… |
| Australia issues tender for biometric cameras at 11 airports |
| Australia has released a tender to upgrade 11 of its major airports with biometric cameras… |
| Australian parliament approves ID verification, face biometrics bill with major amendments |
| A draft legislation that offers vital safeguards for face biometrics and digital ID verification services… |
| History repeats with Kenyan High Court blocking Maisha Namba for lack of DPIA |
| The lack of a data protection impact assessment has scuttled Kenya’s government’s rollout of the… |
| Malaysia rolls out national digital ID, clarifies biometric enrollment details |
| Malaysia has begun enrolling citizens for its National Digital ID (NDID), with Prime Minister Datuk… |
| EU inches closer to fingerprinting child asylum seekers, US sees its own proposals |
| After years of debates, the European Union may finally be ready to begin collecting the… |
| EU Council proposes launch of mobile driver’s licenses for digital wallets |
| The Council of the European Union has introduced changes to a proposed package of legislation… |
| Industry panel wants US digital IDs off ISO’s and TSA’s to-do list |
| A panel of digital ID community insiders yesterday told the U.S. Congress that the federal… |
| NIST updates biometric image quality assessment evaluation, seeks feedback |
| Image quality assessment algorithms are getting better at detection specific defects that will impact face… |
| UK govt tells online porn users to show their faces for biometric age checks |
| Facial age estimation, biometric photo ID matching, bank or mobile ID and digital wallets are… |
| Panel explores how to do age assurance and in the face of ‘legislative tsunami’ |
| Age assurance technologies have become an issue of global concern, with consequent regulatory disorder. In… |
| UK appoints lame duck Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner |
| UK Home Secretary James Cleverly has appointed Tony Eastaugh as the new Biometrics and Surveillance… |
| Biometric legislation increasingly out of date, says Australia’s new privacy commissioner |
| Rapid changes in biometric technology are a challenge to regulators, while legislative approaches to applications… |
| Indian G20 Sherpa says expansive DPI adoption by Global South will speed SDG attainment |
| An Indian government representative (or “Sherpa”) at the G20, Amitabh Kant, has called for more… |
| Missing fingerprint liveness detection opens the door for Aadhaar spoofing attacks |
| Aadhaar is leaking again, and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is facing questions… |
| MOSIP-based legal, digital ID enrollments hit 100M milestone |
| The Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) has achieved a new landmark in its efforts to… |
| Competitor advisory service and report launched by Goode Intelligence |
| A new Competitor Advisory service has been launched by Goode Intelligence to provide technology vendors… |
| Clearview AI reaches preliminary deal to settle biometric data privacy lawsuit |
| Clearview AI has reached an agreement in principle to settle allegations that the facial recognition… |
| ThreatMark to develop new fraud prevention capabilities after pulling in $5M |
| A scale-up capital firm has committed $5 million to ThreatMark, an anti-fraud software makers that… |
| Daon adds adaptive protection against deepfakes for voice biometrics |
| Daon has launched an adaptive synthetic voice detection capability for its AI.X deepfake defense portfolio,… |
| Rank One Computing launches iris biometrics with fastest speed in NIST test |
| Rank One Computing (ROC.ai) has announced the launch of their iris recognition software, complementing its… |
| School district adds facial recognition of sex offenders to ROC.ai surveillance system |
| A school district located in the U.S. state of West Virginia is building out its… |
| Simprints non-profit biometrics growth dilemma now on Harvard Business curriculum |
| Toby Norman, co-founder and CEO of Simprints, first collaborated on the company’s Vero fingerprint scanner… |
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