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Digital ID in Africa this week: International Identity Day, biometric electoral rolls on display in Ghana
The International Identity Day concept gains significant ground as Nigeria becomes the first country in the world to officially adopt it for September 16 while the DRC announces plans to launch a biometric population register .... Read the whole story here.

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Digital ID in Africa this week: International Identity Day, biometric electoral rolls on display in Ghana
The International Identity Day concept which was born of the ID4Africa movement gains significant ground as Nigeria becomes the first...
 
Morocco places moratorium on facial recognition, California moves ahead with police body cam ban
Morocco has placed the regulation of biometric facial recognition in the country in the hands of the National Commission for...
Democratic Republic of Congo to launch biometric population register by 2020
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to launch a biometric ID system and population register by 2020 according to...
 
Biometric opioid vending machines may solve Vancouver’s overdose crisis
A Harvard-trained doctor and professor of medicine living in Vancouver believes biometrics-controlled vending machines that dispense opioids could decrease the...
IDScan.net announces major revenue growth and expansion
New Orleans-based company IDScan.net has announced whopping growth in the past ten years following extended efforts in developing biometric identity...
 
Seven Bank and NEC work on facial recognition, QR code-enabled ATMs
Japanese bank Seven Bank and NEC Corporation have partnered up to launch ATMs enabled with facial recognition technology for identity...
Apple files palm vein biometrics patent for enhanced authentication
Apple is looking into palm biometrics for user authentication, as Touch ID and Face ID alone no longer suffice for...
 
Acceptto behavioral biometrics certified for FIDO2 server protocol
Acceptto has announced that its behavioral biometric technology has been certified by the FIDO Alliance for the FIDO2 server protocol...
Facial recognition for biometric access control at Olympics and FIFA World Cup
Intel will power NEC’s NeoFace biometric facial recognition system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with Intel Core i5 processors and...
 
McDonalds acquires Apprente to bring speech recognition to drive thrus
In an effort to bring speech recognition to the drive thru, McDonald’s has acquired conversational artificial intelligence startup Apprente, TechCrunch...
Cimcon raises $33M to expand smart city push as VSBLTY extends LATAM partnership
Smart city technology provider Cimcon has closed a $33 million financing round, including a $23 million Series C round and...
 
Vendors not liable for employers’ biometric procedures as BIPA details challenged
Vendors supplying biometric solutions to employers for time and attendance tracking are not necessarily liable for damages under Illinois’ BIPA,...
  Zwipe and SmartMetric make headway toward Asian biometric payment card market
  Caribou Digital and ID2020 identify barriers to digital identity for women
  New Kairos facial recognition camera offers customer insights
  Goode Intelligence announces Identity Summit London 2020
  Unisys partners with Australian state to leverage biometrics for mDLs
  New airport biometrics deployments and technologies on the horizon
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