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EU Parliament approves AI Act amid heated biometrics debates
The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act entered its final phase on Wednesday after the European Parliament adopted its position on...
 
French Senate votes in favor of public facial recognition pilot
The French Senate voted on Monday to adopt a draft law on testing facial recognition technology in public spaces. The...
Thin-film sensor partners developing finger vein biometrics
Biometrics firm Mofiria and Isorg, a French company specializing in organic photodiodes and printed electronics, have partnered to develop a...
 
Jenetric acquisition by Dermalog consolidates German biometrics market
Fingerprint biometrics developer Jenetric, best known for its optical scanners built with thin film technology (TFT), has been acquired by...
Nigeria now has a data protection legislation after years of back and forth
Nigerian President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Wednesday June 14 signed into law the country’s Data Protection Bill, weeks after it...
 
Cameroon partners with French Devt Agency to ramp up birth registration
Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, on Friday June 9, signed a partnership agreement...
Facial recognition use in public spaces under the microscope in EAB event
The use of facial recognition in public spaces is one of the most controversial topics in the field of biometrics,...
 
Cambodia’s dark history a pall over govt surveillance plans
Government critics and human rights advocates say Cambodia’s push to introduce facial recognition surveillance could be used against political opponents....
US industry groups want more from the White House on digital ID
Businesses and digital ID advocates are again petitioning the Biden Administration to use its power to drive down rates of...
 
Blair Institute: It’s possible to transform UK public services with digital ID
There are over 190 ways for people to access local and national government services in the United Kingdom, with 44...
Indonesia wants to share lessons on digital public infrastructure as India faces criticism
Digital public infrastructure (DPI) has been hailed as a way for governments to meet their development goals, catalyze innovation and...
 
Rumored breach of India’s vaccination data portal threatens to undermine DPI influence
Reports are swirling that India’s public vaccination portal, CoWIN, has suffered a breach of huge volumes of personal information, including...
US, EU agencies consider role of digital wallets, cloud in digital identity ecosystems
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program is now accepting applications around the topic of privacy-preserving...
 
We will never know exactly how effective digital health passes were: Ada Lovelace report
Measures like contact tracing apps and digital vaccine certificates were rolled out without a clear idea of what would constitute...
EU unveils plan for digital Schengen visas in push to ease travel document applications
Governments around the world are attempting to make it easier for people to acquire travel documents like visas and passports....
 
Nigeria House of Reps warns against rushed biometric passport domestication project
Nigeria’s lower chamber of Parliament (House of Representatives) has warned that the federal government risks incurring huge financial cost should...
  Suprema ID rebrands as Xperix; unveils plans to diversify
  Fingerprint Cards joins World Economic Forum community
  Gait, face biometrics to be showcased in concept car at VivaTech
  Yoti taking age estimation global as US debates online limits for minors
  Idemia biometric kiosks streamline train checkpoint clearance in Singapore
  Thales to boost ANZ presence with acquisition of Daltrey investor Tesserent
  W3C announces standardization measure for the Secure Payment Confirmation
  iProov face biometrics integrated by developer of software for government, financials
  Smart Engines OCR praised by Russian Hajj tour operator for speeding up applications
  TECH5’s subtle but fundamentally different approach to biometrics for inclusive identity
Biometrics White Papers
Biometric technologies reshaping identity verification
Information security spending reached $76.9 billion USD in 2015 globally and it is expected to reach $170 billion by the...
 
Using biometric technology to fight public sector benefit fraud
The pandemic caused a scramble to digitize typically in-person services in order to provide extensive financial aid to those in...
Yoti MyFace liveness white paper
Liveness is an essential part of any verification or authentication process. It gives you reassurance that you are dealing with...
 
One selfie to rule them all: Could distributed biometrics revolutionize the way we authenticate?
Traditional biometric authentication methods, which include both local and server-side biometrics, have limitations that need to be addressed. Local biometrics...
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