| Week in Review : May 4, 2024 |
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| Biometrics expand in and beyond airports, even as opponents try to kick them out |
| Biometrics for getting through the airport, and in one case beyond it was a common theme in four of the…Read More |
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| Corsight explains compliant facial recognition for businesses |
| Businesses are adopting facial recognition in business environments to meet a significant array of needs,… |
| Trinidad and Tobago publishes bid for face biometrics software |
| Trinidad and Tobago has published a new bid for procuring face biometric software through the… |
| On World Password Day, the industry dreams of passkeys |
| Yesterday was World Password Day, which is fitting, as a new survey from the FIDO… |
| VC firm takes majority stake in BioCatch at $1.3B valuation |
| A private equity firm has struck a deal to take majority ownership of behavioral biometrics… |
| Brazil’s QI Tech claims selfie biometric unicorn status with fresh investment |
| Brazilian financial services infrastructure and selfie biometrics provider QI Tech claims it has reached unicorn… |
| Pistols drawn as UK surveillance state duels with rights groups |
| As the UK pushes forward with digital surveillance projects, the chorus of voices weighing in… |
| Hong Kong targets biometric innovation for public services, police with Smart City MoU |
| Hong Kong has signed a deal to adopt biometrics and other Smart City technologies to… |
| NIST data protection guidance, international standards follow Biden executive order |
| Following Joe Biden’s executive order for data protection at the end of February, the Department… |
| US AI Advisory wants more disclosure on facial recognition use by federal law enforcement |
| The U.S. National AI Advisory Committee is preparing to recommend a requirement for the country’s… |
| Microsoft further limits law enforcement use of its facial recognition |
| Microsoft has updated its terms of service to clarify its ban on U.S. police departments… |
| Facial recognition coming to LA transit after passenger fatally stabbed |
| Transit officials in Los Angeles have triggered an emergency procurement designation over the stabbing of… |
| Airport biometrics bans proposed in US state and federal legislation |
| Biometric access control and airport security screening company Clear is facing legislative pushback in California… |
| Airport facial recognition battle echoes pushback against Real ID program |
| The bipartisan effort by U.S. lawmakers to clamp down on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s… |
| SIA and IBIA say facial recognition for airline passengers is safe, necessary |
| The Security Industry Association (SIA) and the International Biometrics + Identity Association (IBIA) are pushing… |
| Clear begins biometrics enrollment for TSA’s PreCheck, launches at Hawaii airport |
| Clear has joined Idemia and Telos among active providers of biometric enrollment to the Transportation… |
| Digi Yatra biometrics to apply to foreign travel, hotels with e-passport launch |
| India’s Digi Yatra biometric airport ID system is promising to be available to international travelers… |
| OnlyFans misconfigures biometric age estimation, Ofcom opens investigation |
| In the great age verification debate sweeping the globe, much attention has been directed at… |
| Diebold Nixdorf joins biometric age estimation market as ITL addresses privacy concerns |
| Automatic age estimation from Diebold Nixdorf based on face biometrics has been deployed for self-service… |
| Customers ask AI for help in love, but deepfakes and AI supercharge fraud threat |
| Digital ID and AI-assisted identity tools are typically designed to solve complex problems, and what… |
| Brazil prepares to implement new sports betting regulations |
| Brazil’s Ministry of Finance has published an ordinance on the implementation of new regulations for… |
| Uber Poland selects Regula ID document scanners for faster driver verification |
| Three offices where drivers for Uber Poland scan their ID documents for identity verification are… |
| Regulators hound Worldcoin digital ID project as it expands in Latin America |
| Worldcoin continues to take its iris biometrics and digital identity scheme into new territories –… |
| Pakistan’s NFIS initiative leverages digital identity for financial inclusion |
| Significant headway has been made in making digital financial services available to Pakistanis, with 60… |
| Initiative in the works in India to gauge state-level adoption of DPI |
| An initiative is underway in India to set up an index to determine the level… |
| UNDP transforming lives in Namibia with digital legal ID initiative |
| An Accelerator Lab programme implemented by UNDP Namibia is enabling many citizens to enjoy basic… |
| Is it time for an integrated African digital identity? |
| A leading politician in Kenya is calling for the establishment of an integrated African digital… |
| Nigeria’s President talks tax reform, digital ID and MOSIP with Bill Gates |
| Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and Bill Gates discussed the use of digital identity as a… |
| African govts must ensure adequate safeguards in digital ID rollouts: report |
| The 2023 Londa digital rights and inclusion in Africa report published by digital rights watchdog,… |
| Nigerian government in talks to harmonize biometric, ID databases and credentials |
| Nigeria’s push to issue universal legal and digital identity has resulted in a many more… |
| Digital ID wallets will need to work on UX, report shows |
| European countries are preparing for the arrival of the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet which… |
| Finland starts work on national digital identity wallet |
| Finland has set up a project to implement its national digital identity wallet in line… |
| Launch of government app brings New Zealand one step closer to mDLs |
| The New Zealand Transit Agency (NZTA) has launched a trial phase of the app that… |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines plans to ease property transactions with digital ID |
| The Unity Labour Party (ULP) – the ruling political party in St Vincent and the… |
| Digital transformation well underway in Thailand with launch of wallet scheme |
| Thailand is beginning the implementation of its digital wallet program, as the government makes further… |
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