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Explosive digital ID growth and further potential draws scrutiny of ethics and market
Increasing the availability of digital identity around the world was a priority before the pandemic, and with immunity passports and e-government systems being established, digital ID is a common thread in many of the top stories from around the biometrics industry this week .. Read the full report here.

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Will Open APIs break digital ID vendor lock-in, usher in new opportunity? ID4Africa community debates
The great potential for national ID systems with Open APIs to improve digital economies while enhancing equality and security was...
 
New digital ID entrants and growth opportunities appear on OWI’s 2021 Identity Landscape
The digital ID ecosystem has been undergoing rapid change over the past year, which has brought new players into the...
New ID and biometrics advisory board, ethical AI alliance formed by global organizations
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the foundation of an Identity and Biometric Technology Advisory Board (IBTAB), with the...
 
Kenya’s Huduma Namba digital ID scheme could exclude millions of citizens, Forum warns
An ongoing project in Kenya to issue a biometrics-backed digital ID known as the Huduma Namba to citizens continues to...
Onfido doubles US sales and adds over 300 biometrics clients for record revenue in 2020
Onfido has announced record revenues for its 2020 fiscal year, on an 82 percent increase in annual recurring revenue and doubled...
 
Hikvision to deploy 1,900 cameras with face biometrics for $33M smart city contract
Hikvision has won a contract worth an estimated $33 million to install roughly 1,900 cameras with face biometrics as part...
Digital ID registration – an influential opportunity for mobile network operators
African governments may want to exploit the business assets of mobile network operators and knowhow in registering users and handling...
 
Idemia and Sopra Steria win French biometric border control system contract
Idemia has won a contract with the French Ministry of the Interior, along with consortium partner Sopra Steria, to provide a...
Yoti partners with MindGeek for biometric checks to stop online exploitation
One of the largest operators of pornographic websites in the world, MindGeek, has chosen Yoti to provide biometric identity verification and...
 
Nigeria’s move to link digital identity numbers to SIM cards sparks lawsuit
The controversy surrounding the decision by Nigeria’s federal government to have citizens link their biometrics-backed digital IDs to their SIM...
iProov, Onfido, Daon stake out positions as biometrics-backed immunity passports advance
Biometrics providers including iProov, Onfido and Daon are positioning themselves to serve the requirements of digital health credentials for the...
 
Privacy and security concerns from digital identity growth addressed by civil society, governments
Even before the pandemic hit, digitization was growing at an incredible rate. Now, the need for contactless services has increased...
  States emboldened to move on biometrics privacy legislation
  Biometrics Institute unveils major educational events for 2021
  ThreatMark CEO sees behavioral biometrics moving beyond banking
  Ready or not, biometric payment cards and immunity passports have arrived
  Digital ID verification increasingly targeted by AI deepfakes, advisory warns
  CBP built out more face biometrics capabilities during COVID doldrums of 2020
  Short Amazon’s facial recognition ban. Go long on selling Rekognition to cops again
  Feds warn of strings attached to a Chinese DNA firm’s hunt for COVID partners in U.S.
  Canada needs biometric surveillance regulation with enforcement powers – Privacy Commissioners
Biometrics White Papers
Understanding single frame passive facial liveness
Facial biometric liveness detection ensures that fraudsters cannot use high resolution print outs, masks or video to spoof face recognition...
 
Face recognition and the future air travel experience
Airports uniquely demand both a very high passenger throughput and a very high degree of security underpinned by the positive...
Events and Webinars
Border Security Conference
  February 10, 2021 - February 11, 2021
Border Security Conference Online February 10 – 11, 2021 With COVID-19 spreading across the globe, the security and integrity of...
ID4Africa Livecast – Spotlight on the identity ecosystem of Mauritius
  February 11, 2021 - February 11, 2021
ID4Africa Livecast – Spotlight on the identity ecosystem of Mauritius Online February 11, 2021, Time: 13:30 – 15:30 GMT Following...
Demographic fairness in biometric systems
  March 9, 2021 - March 30, 2021
Demographic fairness in biometric systems EAB Online Seminar March 9 to March 30, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB)...
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit
  April 7, 2021 - April 8, 2021
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore April 7 – 8, 2021 Facial recognition technology is riding high...
Secure Identification 2021
  April 14, 2021 - April 16, 2021
Secure Identification 2021 Riga, Latvia April 14 – 16, 2021 SECURE ID FORUM will gather in Riga decision makers and...
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