Daily Biometrics News : Jul 4, 2025 |
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CBP’s biometric border dragnet and the corporate state behind it |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is on the verge of reissuing a sweeping regulatory overhaul that will usher in…Read More |
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New Orleans police seek expanded facial recognition powers amid privacy backlash |
The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is pressing the City Council to roll back restrictions… |
Oloid expands market reach with Armatura partnership, gets DEA certification |
Facial authentication provider Oloid has announced a strategic go-to-market partnership with biometric access control and… |
Meta pushes common online age of majority in EU, Brazil cracks down on Instagram |
Meta has published a statement in support of proposals to establish a common Digital Majority… |
London police mark 1K arrests through live facial recognition |
The UK’s largest police force has announced a new milestone of more than 1,000 wanted… |
UK ICO calls for feedback on international data transfers guidance |
The UK’s data regulator has called for public feedback on its international data transfers guidance… |
Grindr partners with Facetec for biometric age assurance in the UK |
Online dating and hookup sites are moving to implement age assurance technology ahead of incoming… |
Google-Sparkasse partnership makes Google’s ZKP library open source |
Google is embracing zero knowledge proofs (ZKP) for age verification, having this week announced a… |
Digital payment cards advance with Thales, Entrust partnerships |
As banking, payment cards and wallets go digital, new collaborations involving Thales in Europe and… |
iProov and SITA bolster executive teams |
Alex Pearson has been named iProov’s Chief Revenue Officer and the newest member of its… |
Digital Credentials API first draft published by W3C |
A first public working draft of the Digital Credentials API from W3C has been published… |
Digital government app in Eswatini sparks public criticism over data privacy |
A digital government application, which was launched in May in Eswatini, is facing public scrutiny… |
Not so fast: driver monitoring systems put on biometric brakes for drunk drivers |
Imagine, if you will, a 19th sequel in the Fast & the Furious franchise. Protagonist… |
Next’s L1 Aadhaar certification continues to bring in more fingerprint sensor orders |
An existing Indian partner of Next Biometrics has placed an additional order for the firm’s… |
An approach to developing digital identification in the context of DPI |
By Juan Pablo García Cairello, Digital Identity Manager at AGESIC In 2023, G20 leaders defined… |
Europe’s digital ID could inspire Global South’s next generation of DPI: TECH5 |
Many countries have spent years building large-scale identity databases for issuing national documents, often based… |
IOM unveils methodology to assess performance of legal ID systems |
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has unveiled what it calls the Legal Identity System… |
UK govt considering pleas to set police facial recognition use on solid legal ground |
The UK government is considering introducing new legislation to back the use of facial recognition… |
Facial recognition systems based on older methods show high levels of bias: Study |
A new study has revealed troubling differences in how facial recognition systems relying on widely… |
Enhanced Passenger Processing enters the fray at US airports |
Air travel is so back. Numbers are up, and it’s the Fourth of July, when… |