| Daily Biometrics News : Jul 12, 2025 |
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| Biometrics disrupting the future of movement, on and offline |
| Biometrics are disrupting different areas of life, from how people interact with governments for basic services to the esoteric world…Read More |
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| Advent reportedly prepping Idemia Public Security sale for up to €3 billion |
| Hollywood summer blockbusters are increasingly sequels, so perhaps it should be little surprise that the… |
| RealSense targets robotics, 3D facial recognition security with $50M in hand |
| RealSense has cut the cord tying it to Intel Corp, where the 3D camera company… |
| Data privacy issues in Philippines trigger move to amend national ID law |
| A Filipino senator has introduced a bill seeking an amendment of the Philippine Identification System… |
| Indonesia digital transformation gets boost from UNDP, National Economic Council |
| In Indonesia, the National Economic Council (DEN) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Indonesia… |
| Taiwan gathers perspectives on digital wallet as national infrastructure |
| Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Development has concluded a series of workshops on the digital ID … |
| 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… |
| World Bank highlights Pakistan’s progress on digital infrastructure, inclusive ID |
| As Pakistan transitions to a more digital economy, access, infrastructure, and inclusion remain major challenges.… |
| QR-based digital ID drives transformation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan is taking broader moves toward digital transformation with the… |
| Sri Lanka developing cloud and data governance strategies |
| Following the recent issue of an RFP for a vendor to implement the Sri Lanka… |
| Sri Lanka wants feedback on Sovereign Cloud Strategy |
| The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) has launched a public consultation… |
| South Africa Home Affairs requests $618M budget to advance digital transformation |
| South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber has tabled a budget request of 11… |
| Madagascar codifies civil registry reform, readies biometric ID card tender |
| A bill on the identification of natural persons in Madagascar has received the greenlight of… |
| 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… |
| Ghana to add 16k digital govt services as part of $200M World Bank project |
| The drive to expand digital government services in Ghana is continuing with the government aiming… |
| Cameroon unveils plan to modernize local digital govt services |
| The government of Cameroon has disclosed that it is working to update a Digital Master… |
| Estonia adds identity verification to new digital government app |
| Estonia has launched an identity verification feature for the country’s digital government app to make… |
| EUDI Wallet onboarding can’t wait for biometrics security standards completion |
| Standards for ensuring the integrity of biometric data and harmonized testing to ensure systems are… |
| OOTS can provide EU Digital Identity Wallets’ shortcut to secure data exchange |
| The European Union’s Digital Identity Wallet project that promises to make transactions between people and… |
| Italy gets offline digital wallet access as country advances digitalization |
| Italy is seeing a seismic shift in its civil status registers as it leaves behind… |
| Is the UK falling behind Europe on digital identity security? |
| By Eleanor Burns, Director at IDnow As the UK accelerates its shift towards digital identity,… |
| eID potential goes far beyond ‘BritCard’ – here’s how the UK can move ahead |
| By Jarek Sygitowicz, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Authologic In April of this year,… |
| Sopra Steria under fire for EU border biometric system vulnerabilities |
| An audit by the European Data Protection Supervisor last year identified thousands of “high” severity… |
| EU confirms 180-day launch schedule for biometric border system |
| The European Union has confirmed that the bloc’s new biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) will begin… |
| Self-serve biometric kiosks for EES launch at Britain ports |
| The European Union’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) is set to roll out this October, introducing… |
| CBP biometric expansion at US borders moves ahead with new global entry plans |
| As the Trump administration doubles down on biometric surveillance at U.S. borders, Customs and Border… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Somalia’s biometric border overhaul signals deeper US engagement |
| In a move hailed as both technologically significant and strategically vital, Somalia formally launched the… |
| AI voice deepfake of US Secretary of State triggers global security alert |
| In one of the most audacious examples yet of AI-enabled political deception, an individual posing… |
| Australia’s safety code for search tools takes effect, with age verification rules |
| Like its counterparts in the EU and UK, Australia’s digital regulator is beginning to formalize… |
| Irish online safety regulator promises to prosecute noncompliance on age checks |
| There has been more noise about the UK’s online safety codes, but Ireland’s new Online… |
| New Ofcom proposal calls for highly effective age assurance for livestreams |
| Ofcom is determined to make the most of its “Year of Action,” having released yet… |
| Age verification coming to major video game mod site in EU, UK |
| Want to make sweet love to that frost giant who lives in the fjord? You… |
| Respected legal authority frames age assurance legislation as segregation, suppression |
| Language plays a fundamental role in how concepts and technologies are introduced into and evolve… |
