| Weekend Reading : Apr 6, 2024 |
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| Public sector biometrics back national gains despite staggered adoption |
| Government biometrics projects and approvals of digital ID technologies made up most of the top news stories on Biometric Update…Read More |
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| AuthenticID and Anonybit founders demystify privacy-centric biometric authentication |
| An epidemic of data breaches has created a situation in which businesses and consumers are… |
| Latent fingerprint software improvements save police time with higher accuracy |
| Latent fingerprints are the original raison d’etre for the biometrics industry, but the technology behind… |
| Idemia and partner win $50M purchase agreement for US govt biometric access cards |
| A Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) worth up to $50 million has been awarded to Idemia… |
| Limited number of private sector national digital ID providers for Australia |
| Australia’s government anticipates “5 to 10” private sector digital identity providers, and possibly more later… |
| FTC passes on biometric age estimation approval request from Yoti and partners |
| The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has declined to approve biometric age estimation as a method… |
| White House AI policy a ‘seismic policy shift’ for biometrics developers and vendors |
| The World Privacy Forum (WPF) has logged its first impressions of the White House’s new… |
| US law proposed for DHS to make a plan for integrating AI into border control |
| Proposed bipartisan legislation would “address capability gaps” at border crossings by requiring the Department of… |
| Biometric border control changes cause concern for UK ports, juxtaposed controls |
| The initial launch of the EES border control system is expected to cause worse delays… |
| Leaked documents reveal details on Russia’s upcoming surveillance system |
| The Kremlin is spending millions of dollars on facial recognition-powered surveillance that can track its… |
| Sri Lanka fosters continued collaboration with India as country sees DPI successes |
| At the end of March in Colombo, the High Commission of India and the Ministry… |
| Paraguay issuing digital IDs and mDLs without adequate regulation, NGO argues |
| Digital IDs derived from Paraguay’s national identity card and driver’s licenses are now accepted as… |
| Empowering inclusivity: NADRA’s doorstep digital ID service for persons with disabilities |
| In response to the need for accessibility for people with disabilities (PWDs) in Pakistan, the… |
| The Gambia reaches 1.17M birth registration milestone with World Bank support |
| A World Bank-supported project to help set up a digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics… |
| Europe working on breeder ID documents standardization to improve trust |
| There are ongoing efforts in Europe to standardize the issuance of breeder identity documents in… |
| Legal consequences and changes for LEI in Australia, UK, China |
| Australia sees its first lawsuit for failing to comply with legal entity verification regulations while… |
| Ethiopian PM hails digital ID as driver of ‘Digital Ethiopia 2025’ strategy |
| Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has praised technologies such as the Fayda digital ID which… |
| World bank says Nigeria on track to meet digital ID registration target |
| Nigeria is well on course to reach a target of issuing digital ID to 148… |
| Tanzania inaugurates data protection commission ahead of digital ID rollout |
| Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has officially unveiled the country’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC),… |
| Launch event for NFID goes deep on self-sovereign identity |
| The NFID Foundation formally launched with a virtual event focused on decentralized ID and self-sovereign… |
| FaceTec exec with experience in digital ID, standards leads biometrics hiring spree |
| In a post on LinkedIn, digital ID executive Geoff Slagle has announced his new role… |
| Collaboration, mDL’s payment security potential spotlighted at Identity & Payment Summit |
| More cross-sector collaboration, mDLs and mobile device-based biometrics are needed to secure payments and other… |
| SITA white paper explores airport biometrics successes as rollouts expand |
| Explosive growth in air travel numbers, from 4 billion travelers in 2019 to 8 billion… |
| Identiv sells biometrics assets for $145M in pivot to IoT |
| Identiv is selling its physical security, access card and biometric identity reader operations to European… |
| BixeLab founder explains digital ID bill nuances, basic facts to Australian Senators |
| Data centralization, the vulnerability of biometric data and the line between privacy and risk reduction:… |
| OpenAI says its voice cloning tool is too effective for public release |
| In the original story of the genie in a bottle from One Thousand and One… |
| Major League Baseball’s biometric ticketing collects 6K opening day hits |
| Fans entered a stadium with biometrics during the opening day of the 2024 Major League… |
| Hailo’s $120M series C to fuel development for biometric applications |
| Chipmaker Hailo has successfully concluded a $120 million series C financing round to support the… |
| Regula adds passive liveness detection to updated Face SDK |
| Regula has updated its Face SDK by incorporating improved mechanisms to combat a wider variety… |
| PixLab introduces single-frame biometric face authentication to FACEIO platform |
| PixLab has developed an advanced software model for its FACEIO platform that can authenticate and… |
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