| Weekend Reading : Sep 21, 2024 |
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| Biometrics business revs up with prospect of big deals and wider adoption |
| A biometrics tender, talks, an RFI and a production launch all setting up potential big money deals for providers in…Read More |
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| IN Groupe begins exclusive negotiations to acquire Idemia Smart Identity |
| IN Groupe has emerged as the likely buyer of Idemia’s biometrics and identity verification business… |
| Visa biometrics provider VFS in talks to sell minority stake to Temasek |
| A significant minority stake of about 20 percent in the Blackstone-owned digital services outsourcing company… |
| DHS issues RFI for input on ongoing biometric R&D |
| The US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Procurement Operations issued a Request for… |
| FBI seeks options for facial recognition searches against online images |
| The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations wants to survey the market for facial recognition providers… |
| ICE to award contract to field more NEC fingerprint capture devices |
| US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intends to award a firm fixed price delivery order… |
| Estonia tenders contract for contactless biometrics enrollment app for e-residency |
| Estonia is running a tender to acquire remote biometrics capturing technology to perform identity verification… |
| UK Virgin Islands launch digital transformation tender |
| Tourist hotspots Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Seychelles and the Virgin Islands are not just offering… |
| Identity Day 2024: Marking progress and urgency |
| International Identity Day 2024 is being officially observed in dozens of countries around the world,… |
| G20 ministers pledge AI transparency and digital inclusion with DPI at the core |
| At the G20 Digital Economy Ministers’ meeting held in Maceió, Brazil, on September 13, 2024,… |
| MOSIP takes on identity management challenges with hackathon, uni partnership |
| The Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) is a week into its “MOSIP Decode 2024,”… |
| Biometric authentication invaluable, set to further enhance security in Africa |
| A webinar held during the Digital ID Hackathon for Africa organized by Upanzi Network and… |
| Low birth registration, high cost hinder access to legal ID in Sub Saharan Africa |
| While the need for legal and digital ID remains ever pressing as a result of… |
| Digital rights, inclusion primordial for Africa’s DPI pursuits: Paradigm Initiative |
| Africa’s digital public infrastructure (DPI) engagements will make more meaning and better transform the continent’s… |
| Fayda digital ID critical to Ethiopia’s 2025-2030 digital govt strategy: official |
| A data and governance system advisor at Ethiopia’s Ministry of Innovation and Technology has underscored… |
| Nigerian leader pledges support for digital ID expansion amid DPI investment plans |
| Speaking through a representative at an event to mark 2024 Identity Day this week, Nigerian… |
| Experts outline risks Zambia must overcome to advance its DPI implementation |
| Zambia is at the strategy and design phase of its digital public infrastructure (DPI) implementation,… |
| Mali, Niger announce common biometric passport to consolidate ECOWAS exit |
| The three Sahel nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – all led by military… |
| UNHCR, WFP data sharing collaboration yielding results for refugee management in Tanzania |
| Food distribution for refugees in Tanzania is getting easier with the use of a data… |
| Philippines’ central bank enters arbitration over failed ID card project |
| After the Philippines’ central bank decided to cancel its contract with identification system company AllCard… |
| Philippines plans to complete universal digital ID registration in 2025 |
| The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is set to register the entire Filipino population in the… |
| Maldives outlines plan to upgrade digital ID system with $10M from World Bank |
| An influx of cash to support the development of digital identity and related technologies in… |
| Malta opposition party demands minister’s resignation over ID card fraud scandal |
| Malta’s Green Party, ADPD, has intensified its demands for the resignation of a Maltese government… |
| Saudi Arabia’s Absher boosts digital ID delivery, financial inclusion |
| The Absher platform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has emerged as the core pillar… |
| Women in Identity preview ID Code of Conduct, launch awareness campaign |
| Women in Identity is raising awareness of the problem of AI bias in identity systems… |
| Age estimation tech faces an uphill battle in Australia |
| Last week, the Australian government announced an age assurance trial in preparation for introducing rules… |
| Instagram tightens rules for teens with Yoti age estimation |
| Tightening regulations and clenching fists around age verification for social media have prompted Instagram to… |
| Biometrics firms pitch privacy in age assurance ahead of US court battle |
| The U.S. is facing its first constitutional debate connected with age verification in 20 years:… |
| US needs facial recognition legislation, NIST guidance to protect civil rights: report |
| Facial recognition’s benefits for law enforcement and civil applications run by America’s federal government could… |
| Disparate impact laws needed to combat AI discrimination, says policy analyst |
| A former deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the White House Domestic… |
| New PIA for US Secret Service’s use of facial recognition raises questions |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for… |
| Clearview picks up another police facial recognition contract, settles a lawsuit |
| Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico have licensed Clearview AI’s facial recognition platform to generate leads… |
| US discusses ethics of biometric travel |
| As U.S. lawmakers debate the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, government agencies, including the Transportation Security… |
| Google announces beta test for digital IDs based on biometrics and US passports |
| A new type of digital ID based on U.S. passports in Google Wallet has been… |
| Nigeria embraces DTCs amid talks on passport-free travel in Africa |
| The Nigerian federal government has unveiled its intention to adopt digital travel credentials (DTCs), in… |
| California’s mDLs are now available through Apple Wallet |
| After offering mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) on Google Wallets, California will allow its residents to… |
| TSA wants to delay full enforcement of REAL ID another two years |
| The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has proposed to delay full enforcement of REAL ID… |
| Outdated biometric liveness tests create ‘false sense of security,’ FaceTec argues |
| Biometrics are replacing legacy knowledge-based authentication for remote and unsupervised authentication scenarios. But the latest… |
| Veriff passes Level 2 biometric PAD evaluation from iBeta |
| Veriff has completed the ISO/IEC 30107-3 Level 2 Compliance evaluation for biometric passive liveness detection… |
| Turing research discounts deepfake influence on elections as govts ramp up regulation |
| The year 2024 will be remembered for several globally important national elections but also for… |
| Deepfake financial fraud to surge over the next 12 months, Deloitte reveals |
| According to a recent Deloitte poll, more than half of C-suite executives and other senior… |
| Privado ID to unify Web2, Web3 digital identity with Disco merger |
| Privado ID, formerly known as Polygon ID, has announced a merger with Disco, a company… |
| DIF adopts new work items to improve DIDs’ applicability and security |
| The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) has announced two new initiatives – DID Traits and Trust… |
| Decentralized digital ID providers Cheqd and Dock merge tokens |
| The token holders for $CHEQ and $DOCK have approved a merger in the hopes of… |
| Governments still struggling to secure data. Zero-trust, passkeys could help |
| A digital data breach at the National Social Security Fund (CNPS) of Cameroon has resulted… |
| Google launches synched passkeys as tech giants move away from passwords |
| Digital technology giants are directing their efforts toward implementing passwordless authentication, with a particular focus… |
| Google leans into biometric authentication, removes bypasses |
| Google will soon eliminate the option to use knowledge-based screen unlocking credentials in specific situations,… |
| Biometric payment cards from FPC and Infineon ready for mass production |
| Fingerprint Cards and Infineon Technologies have officially unveiled the complete package of biometric payment card… |
| Spanish startup B-FY brings offline biometrics to US cloud authentication market |
| Spain-based biometrics startup B-FY has launched in the U.S. market, introducing its cloud-based identity verification… |
| Are current regulations adequate for ensuring the security of wearable data? |
| Wearables are common in consumer circles and growing in commercial applications like health care. This… |
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