UK citizens say the police should be using AI – but there are conditions…
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner As we come to terms with its potential reach, debates…
Year: 2025
SITA modernizes infrastructure with biometrics at Hawai’i, Guyana, Georgia airports
Airports, governments and SITA are increasingly working together to speed up passenger processing with biometrics and digitalization as passenger numbers…
HID upgrades passkey, FIDO authentication capabilities with IDmelon acquisition
Texas-based HID has reached an agreement to acquire Vancouver, Canada-based logical access control provider IDmelon to upgrade its portfolio of…
Scotland’s largest political party opposes police use of live facial recognition
The Scottish National Party (SNP) passed a resolution opposing the implementation of live facial recognition technology (LFR) by Police Scotland….
Meta hitches Teen Account content settings to MPA’s PG-13 rating
Meta finds itself in a tight spot. Having built its empire hoovering up users by the billions in an unregulated…
Regula IDV Platform offers full coverage across identity management workflow
Regula has launched the Regula IDV Platform, a ready-to-use orchestration system that unifies identity verification and management workflows. Complexity is…
Biometrics Institute spotlights 5 key industry concerns in annual report
Deepfakes are making it difficult for biometric systems to determine who is fake, while bots and AI agents are making…
Vanuatu holds consultations on digital ID system implementation
The government of Vanuatu is holding consultations with several stakeholders to fine-tune a Digital Transformation Bill that will introduce a…
NADRA’s Pak ID app is changing Pakistan’s public service delivery
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has reported a dramatic shift in how citizens access identity services, driven by…
Raya IT receives $23.5M to expand infrastructure for Egypt’s digital economy
Egyptian system integrator Raya Information Technology has obtained a credit facility from the country’s Industrial Development Bank (IDB) to strengthen…
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