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Biometrics business revs up with prospect of big deals and wider adoption
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IN Groupe begins exclusive negotiations to acquire Idemia Smart Identity
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DHS issues RFI for input on ongoing biometric R&D
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FBI seeks options for facial recognition searches against online images
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ICE to award contract to field more NEC fingerprint capture devices
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Estonia tenders contract for contactless biometrics enrollment app for e-residency
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UK Virgin Islands launch digital transformation tender
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Identity Day 2024: Marking progress and urgency
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G20 ministers pledge AI transparency and digital inclusion with DPI at the core
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MOSIP takes on identity management challenges with hackathon, uni partnership
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Biometric authentication invaluable, set to further enhance security in Africa
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Fayda digital ID critical to Ethiopia’s 2025-2030 digital govt strategy: official
A data and governance system advisor at Ethiopia’s Ministry of Innovation and Technology has underscored…
Nigerian leader pledges support for digital ID expansion amid DPI investment plans
Speaking through a representative at an event to mark 2024 Identity Day this week, Nigerian…
Experts outline risks Zambia must overcome to advance its DPI implementation
Zambia is at the strategy and design phase of its digital public infrastructure (DPI) implementation,…
Mali, Niger announce common biometric passport to consolidate ECOWAS exit
The three Sahel nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – all led by military…
UNHCR, WFP data sharing collaboration yielding results for refugee management in Tanzania
Food distribution for refugees in Tanzania is getting easier with the use of a data…
Philippines’ central bank enters arbitration over failed ID card project
After the Philippines’ central bank decided to cancel its contract with identification system company AllCard…
Philippines plans to complete universal digital ID registration in 2025
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is set to register the entire Filipino population in the…
Maldives outlines plan to upgrade digital ID system with $10M from World Bank
An influx of cash to support the development of digital identity and related technologies in…
Malta opposition party demands minister’s resignation over ID card fraud scandal
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Saudi Arabia’s Absher boosts digital ID delivery, financial inclusion
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Women in Identity preview ID Code of Conduct, launch awareness campaign
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Age estimation tech faces an uphill battle in Australia
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Instagram tightens rules for teens with Yoti age estimation
Tightening regulations and clenching fists around age verification for social media have prompted Instagram to…
Biometrics firms pitch privacy in age assurance ahead of US court battle
The U.S. is facing its first constitutional debate connected with age verification in 20 years:…
US needs facial recognition legislation, NIST guidance to protect civil rights: report
Facial recognition’s benefits for law enforcement and civil applications run by America’s federal government could…
Disparate impact laws needed to combat AI discrimination, says policy analyst
A former deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the White House Domestic…
New PIA for US Secret Service’s use of facial recognition raises questions
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for…
Clearview picks up another police facial recognition contract, settles a lawsuit
Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico have licensed Clearview AI’s facial recognition platform to generate leads…
US discusses ethics of biometric travel
As U.S. lawmakers debate the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, government agencies, including the Transportation Security…
Google announces beta test for digital IDs based on biometrics and US passports
A new type of digital ID based on U.S. passports in Google Wallet has been…
Nigeria embraces DTCs amid talks on passport-free travel in Africa
The Nigerian federal government has unveiled its intention to adopt digital travel credentials (DTCs), in…
California’s mDLs are now available through Apple Wallet
After offering mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) on Google Wallets, California will allow its residents to…
TSA wants to delay full enforcement of REAL ID another two years
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has proposed to delay full enforcement of REAL ID…
Outdated biometric liveness tests create ‘false sense of security,’ FaceTec argues
Biometrics are replacing legacy knowledge-based authentication for remote and unsupervised authentication scenarios. But the latest…
Veriff passes Level 2 biometric PAD evaluation from iBeta
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Turing research discounts deepfake influence on elections as govts ramp up regulation
The year 2024 will be remembered for several globally important national elections but also for…
Deepfake financial fraud to surge over the next 12 months, Deloitte reveals
According to a recent Deloitte poll, more than half of C-suite executives and other senior…
Privado ID to unify Web2, Web3 digital identity with Disco merger
Privado ID, formerly known as Polygon ID, has announced a merger with Disco, a company…
DIF adopts new work items to improve DIDs’ applicability and security
The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) has announced two new initiatives – DID Traits and Trust…
Decentralized digital ID providers Cheqd and Dock merge tokens
The token holders for $CHEQ and $DOCK have approved a merger in the hopes of…
Governments still struggling to secure data. Zero-trust, passkeys could help
A digital data breach at the National Social Security Fund (CNPS) of Cameroon has resulted…
Google launches synched passkeys as tech giants move away from passwords
Digital technology giants are directing their efforts toward implementing passwordless authentication, with a particular focus…
Google leans into biometric authentication, removes bypasses
Google will soon eliminate the option to use knowledge-based screen unlocking credentials in specific situations,…
Biometric payment cards from FPC and Infineon ready for mass production
Fingerprint Cards and Infineon Technologies have officially unveiled the complete package of biometric payment card…
Spanish startup B-FY brings offline biometrics to US cloud authentication market
Spain-based biometrics startup B-FY has launched in the U.S. market, introducing its cloud-based identity verification…
Are current regulations adequate for ensuring the security of wearable data?
Wearables are common in consumer circles and growing in commercial applications like health care. This…
 

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