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Biometric identity documents going digital, national, and eventually maybe away
Biometric identity documents of various types, digital and physical, are prominent among the most-read stories of the week on Biometric Update .. read the full story here

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Government databases could replace document-based ID verification: Sumsub CTO
Government databases and centralized solutions may one day replace document-based verification, Vyacheslav Zholudev, Sumsub’s chief technology officer and co-founder told...
 
EU pilot funded to test biometric payments from digital wallets
The European Commission has announced that it will fund a multi-national and multi-company consortium as part of a larger pilot...
Malawi’s biometric ID approaches total coverage, huge cost savings
From no national ID system in 2017, Malawi has now registered around 94 percent of its adult population and those...
 
Sri Lanka to begin procuring digital ID equipment from India with Indian money
The Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Project Monitoring Committee (JPMC) has launched the procurement process for the Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity...
Digital ID blueprint for all 50 US states published. No big asks
A crowd of major corporations doing business in the United States is encouraging state governments to enact six policies considered...
 
NIST updates Digital Identity Guidelines with biometrics requirements, alternatives
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has released revised guidelines for digital identification in federal government systems. The...
US blacklists Tiandy Technologies as Intel washes its hands
Tiandy Technologies, one of the largest video surveillance suppliers in the world, joins its surveillance compatriots Dahua and Hikvision on...
 
Synesis to appeal EU sanctions over misuse of its facial recognition software
Belarusian biometrics company Synesis is getting its day in court. According to Intelligence Online, the firm will get a hearing...
Proposed AI Act amendments would add biometric data to ‘high-risk’ criteria
A tenth set of amendments to the EU AI Act have been proposed by the co-rapporteurs of the European Parliament,...
 
EU makes next move on EU-US data flow by finding agreement adequate
The European Commission has published its draft adequacy decision for data protection in EU-U.S. data flows, including specific safeguards for...
Air travel forecast to integrate new biometric and metaverse applications
Several private and public entities have recently opined on how biometrics could improve air travel, including SITA, Amadeus and Oosto....
 
Identity in digital payment schemes: city, state, nation or – for India – the globe
Digital identity and broader digital ecosystems and government stacks are emerging to serve various functions at the local and national...
New Zealand Commissioner considers establishing biometrics code of practice
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster has announced he is considering the creation of a code of practice for biometrics....
 
Facial recognition powers domestic operations for China’s growing surveillance state
So far, protesters calling for change in the Chinese government have yet to face the tanks and guns that were...
  G+D takes top stake in Netcetera, brings in new CEO
  DXC signs on to develop digital ID services for Danish govt
  Guinea to introduce biometric land management with Datasonic
  Vert One integrates Smart Engines mobile ID document scanning and detection
  Biometric PAD developed by ITL, upgraded by ROC, tested by Israeli govt lab
  Jumio and Keyless partner to use selfie biometrics for passwordless authentication
  Id3 biometric liveness detection startup Face-Alive emerges with planned CES appearance
  Tech5 invests in uqudo, forms strategic partnership to address MEA digital identity market
  Papersoft add fingerprint capability from Integrated Biometrics to remote enrollment platform
  ID R&D demystifies biometric PAD terminology with new paper to help educate customers, public
Biometrics White Papers
Presentation attack detection: Measuring performance of APCER and BPCER
APCER and BPCER are acronyms for error rates used to quantify the performance of presentation attack detection (PAD) systems. This...
 
Single-frame facial liveness detection: How it works to reduce user friction and abandonment
The ability to ascertain facial liveness from a single-image frame enables high-performance presentation attack detection without adding friction to the...
Mitigating demographic bias in facial presentation attack detection
Bias in AI-powered biometric algorithms can lead to unfair treatment of individuals in certain demographic groups based on their gender,...
 
On-demand webinar – Demographic Bias in Facial Liveness Detection: Impact, Measurement, and Mitigation
AI-powered facial liveness detection algorithms can introduce bias the same way matching algorithms can, causing mobile banking services to be...
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