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Concern over deepfakes, social media attitudes grows ahead of US elections
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UNECA head adds economic expertise and diversity to ID4Africa Advisory Board
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Dr. Vera Songwe has joined ID4Africa’s Board of Advisors to add...
 
CITRIS Policy Lab publishes digital ID and facial recognition reports to support ID2020 and Good ID
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) Policy Lab has published a pair of white...
NIST sees drastic improvement in facial biometrics accuracy as market grows
Biometric facial recognition technology has improved “spectacularly,” with error rates for the top products estimated by the biometrics testing project...
 
Contactless biometric border platform boosts Idemia’s Asia Pacific growth
Idemia is boosting its investment and scalability in the APAC region through its border processing capability platform for seamless travel...
India’s public health insurance system implements biometrics to cut fraud
The Indian government’s flagship health insurance scheme will soon require biometric verification for patient admissions and discharge processes to crack...
 
Evident ID launches data privacy compliance tool for GDPR and CCPA
With Europe’s General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) and the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) substantially raising the bar for privacy...
Neurotechnology upgrades facial biometrics and other features of time and attendance system
Neurotechnology has updated its NCheck Bio Attendance system with enhanced facial recognition that can recognize multiple faces in a single...
 
Onfido to deliver biometric identity verification for Agora’s online voting platform
Onfido has teamed up with Agora to develop frictionless biometric e-voting through blockchain and AI technologies that would guarantee user...
Biometrics and referential matching can solve patient ID problem, Verato CEO says
Verato CEO Mark LaRow lauds the recent decision by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass an amendment enabling the...
 
Passbase raises €3.3M in Seed funding to challenge biometric IAM market with privacy protection
Digital identity startup Passbase has raised €3.3 million (US$3.6 million) in a Seed funding round to fuel the development of...
Sophisticated online insurance fraud skyrockets with online, mobile transactions
Online fraud complications will soon emerge for insurance companies due to an increased interest in mobile apps and online insurance...
 
Clear to provide biometrics for concessions purchases at New York’s Citi Field
Clear will provide biometrics for automated concession stands at Citi Field through a partnership with the New York Mets, food...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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