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Biometrics providers face up to misconceptions, reputational harms and transparency barriers
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London police paying public to test live facial recognition during live operation
London Metropolitan Police have been paying members of the public £50 (US$59) to take part in live facial recognition testing...
 
Biometric vaccination cards now available for Cameroonian travellers
The head of the Yaounde international vaccination centre, a structure under the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon, Dr. Ntsobe...
With long road ahead experts suggest EU AI Act could stifle or enable biometrics adoption
The European Union’s AI Act could dramatically increase the compliance burden on biometrics developers even before their systems reach the...
 
Will Czech Republic reach its AI, digital identity goals during its EU ‘crisis presidency’?
The Czech Republic has taken over from France as host of the presidency of the Council of the European Union...
OIX promotes ‘digital vouching’ to reduce exclusion from government services worldwide
More people could access digital services via a process of “digital vouching,” according to the latest paper from the Open...
 
US is decades from completing biometric exit scans, but Customs plays by its own rules
Biometric systems in the U.S. federal government made news this month and as often is the case at that level,...
Will EU digital identity drop the unique identifier?
The European Commission may be changing its mind about its proposed requirement for all European Union member states to incorporate...
 
Reports explore nexus of digital ID and migration
The German Marshall Fund of the United States has published a new report exploring the intersection of digital wallets and...
Bahamas prepares for national digital ID, considers universal credential
The Bahamas Ministry of Economic Affairs and the National e-Identification System (NIS) Committee held a two-day workshop to kickstart engagement...
 
Digital ID cards for right to work proposed as migrant crisis fix by Tony Blair Institute
The stream of migrants to the UK arriving in small boats has prompted The Tony Blair Institute to propose a...
UIDAI CEO lauds successes of Aadhaar biometric ID at India Digital Week 2022
India has seen some of its major innovation-first projects driven largely by the Aadhaar biometric ID system, the new foundational...
 
Nigeria’s digital ID strides hailed, but more work needed to hit 148M enrollments by 2024
A report published by the national daily Nigerian Tribune has examined the progress so far made by the country’s government...
Lesotho, Namibia join trend of SIM card registration with biometrics
The southern African nations of Lesotho and Namibia have launched campaigns for citizens to re-register their SIM cards with their...
 
Congo’s troubled, lucrative biometric passport contract still open?
It still is not known who, if anyone, has won a contract to make biometric passports for the Democratic People’s...
  SenseTime researcher presents progress on AI syncing faces with audio
  ID2020 appoints ED to unite ecosystem around user-controlled digital ID
  Greek regulator fines Clearview €20M and orders biometric data deleted
  Facial recognition in crime-fighting from Corsight with only 50 pixels of face
  Thales continues cyber shopping spree with €100M OneWelcome acquisition
  Face biometrics vendors Oosto and FaceTec identify limitations to NIST FRVTs
  Clear is having a hard time winning with its face biometrics services at sports venues
  ID-Pal raises over $7M to for international expansion of cloud biometric KYC, AML solution
  Juniper forecasts online payment fraud jump despite widespread digital identity verification
  Amazon defends Ring data sharing practices to US Senator, leaves voice biometrics door open
Biometrics White Papers
How biometric technology is reinventing patient identification
It’s hard to care for patients if you don’t know who they are. Yet while patient identification systems have come...
 
ISO PAD and FIDO testing comparison
Two of the most popular testing services that iBeta offers are ISO 30107 compliance, and FIDO Biometrics Component Certification. To...
Online security best practices across the generations
What generation is most likely to use a single password for all online accounts? Phishing emails, texts, and robocalls around...
 
Moving beyond CCTV’s limited out-of-the-box video analytics
Modern organizations understand that their network of CCTV cameras and the videos that these cameras record are the foundation to...
Events and Webinars
Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium
  July 27, 2022 - July 28, 2022
Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium National Harbor, MD  July 27 – 28, 2022 DSI’s 3rd Annual Digital Forensics for...
Security Exhibition & Conference
  August 17, 2022 - August 19, 2022
Security Exhibition & Conference Sydney, Australia August 17 – 19, 2022 The security landscape has evolved. Integrating physical security with...
SPIE Remote Sensing
  September 5, 2022 - September 8, 2022
SPIE Remote Sensing Berlin, Germany September 5 – 8, 2022 SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2022 combines two of Europe’s best...
Identity Week Asia
  September 6, 2022 - September 7, 2022
Identity Week Asia Singapore September 6-7, 2022 Identity Week Asia is a conference and exhibition bringing together the brightest minds...
Future Tech Expo & Summit
  September 12, 2022 - September 13, 2022
Future Tech Expo & Summit Sultanate of Oman and Online September 12 – 13, 2022 After its successful launch, as...
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