Biometric Update for April 28, 2025

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Age assurance shouldn’t lead to harvesting of kids’ data: Irish privacy watchdog

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 28, 2025 - Age assurance requirements for pornography sites and platforms hosting extremely violent content will become mandatory in Ireland this July. Media…

Vietnam’s major telcos join GSMA ID verification, fraud prevention initiative

By Masha Borak

Apr 28, 2025 - Vietnam’s largest mobile network operators, Mobifone, Viettel and VNPT, have signed up to fight online fraud and enhance identity verification…

EU SafeTravellers project works to secure biometric digital travel credentials

By Masha Borak

Apr 28, 2025 - Idemia Public Security, iProov, Vision-Box and Ubiquitous Technologies Company (Ubitech) are part of a European Union-funded project to introduce traveler…

Italian regulator holds out hopes to collect fine from Clearview AI

By Chris Burt

Apr 28, 2025 - Italy data protection regulator, the Garante, has not given up on collecting the millions of euros in fines it imposed…

World puzzled by lack of public trust in massive technology corporations

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 28, 2025 - Sam Altman and Alex Blania, figureheads and evangelists for cryptically related firms World and Tools for Humanity, recently spoke at…

Ethiopia pilots platform to facilitate access to govt services using Fayda digital ID

By Ayang Macdonald

Apr 28, 2025 - The federal government of Ethiopia has launched the trial of a platform dubbed “Mesob” that will make access to digital…

Idemia reveals Armenia JV details, Saudi Arabia MoU, WVU biometrics research lab

By Chris Burt

Apr 28, 2025 - Idemia is busily establishing new partnerships to develop biometrics for national projects, from Armenia to Saudi Arabia, and to further…

Biometric Update Podcast digs into deepfakes with Pindrop CEO

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 18, 2025 - Deepfakes are one of the biggest issues of our age. But while video deepfakes get the most attention, audio deepfakes…

What Trump’s tariff reversal (and escalation on China) means for the future of cybersecurity

By Vytautas Urbonas

Apr 28, 2025 - By Vytautas Urbonas, CMO at Ondato The Wall Street stock rally due to President Trump's consecutive actions, including the suspension…

Milwaukee police debate trading biometric data for Biometrica facial recognition

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 28, 2025 - Although it has pledged to seek public consultation before signing a contract with a biometrics provider, the Milwaukee Police Department…

Age assurance shouldn’t lead to harvesting of kids’ data: Irish privacy watchdog
Joel R. McConvey | 4 hours ago

Idemia reveals Armenia JV details, Saudi Arabia MoU, WVU biometrics research lab
Chris Burt | 4 hours ago

EU SafeTravellers project works to secure biometric digital travel credentials
Masha Borak | 4 hours ago

World puzzled by lack of public trust in massive technology corporations
Joel R. McConvey | 5 hours ago

Milwaukee police debate trading biometric data for Biometrica facial recognition
Joel R. McConvey | 6 hours ago

Italian regulator holds out hopes to collect fine from Clearview AI
Chris Burt | 6 hours ago

Vietnam’s major telcos join GSMA ID verification, fraud prevention initiative
Masha Borak | 7 hours ago

Ethiopia pilots platform to facilitate access to govt services using Fayda digital ID
Ayang Macdonald | 7 hours ago

Irish politicians clash over regulation allowing police use of facial recognition
Masha Borak | 8 hours ago

Thales brings encryption, key management to cloud security partnership with Deloitte
Chris Burt | 8 hours ago

Personal data breached as African, South Korean telcos suffer cyberattacks
Ayang Macdonald | 8 hours ago

What Trump’s tariff reversal (and escalation on China) means for the future of cybersecurity
Vytautas Urbonas | 8 hours ago

Philippines targets NGOs in national digital ID adoption push
Ayang Macdonald | 8 hours ago

South Africa begins biometric IDV for grant benefits May 5
Ayang Macdonald | 8 hours ago

Biometrics and injection detection for deepfake defense a rising priority
Chris Burt | 2 days ago

Biometric Update Podcast looks at the road to a global standard for age assurance
Joel R. McConvey | 3 days ago

WEF launches new DPI initiative focused on emerging tech, including biometrics
Masha Borak | 3 days ago

Odds are good for biometrics firms in the global gambling sector
Joel R. McConvey | 3 days ago

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Biometric Update Podcast digs into deepfakes with Pindrop CEO

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 18, 2025 - Deepfakes are one of the biggest issues of our age. But while video deepfakes get the most attention, audio deepfakes…

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Age assurance standards approach inflection point as regulations roll out
Chris Burt | 2 weeks ago

Digital ID community steps up: reflections from MOSIP Connect 2025
Chris Burt | 4 weeks ago

KILT, Youverse and Key State Capital on challenges for decentralized identity in EU
Masha Borak | 1 month ago

Inclusive digital identity progress, improvements in focus at MOSIP Connect 2025
Chris Burt | 2 months ago

Looming quantum event gives rise to the need for cryptoagility, post-quantum prep
Joel R. McConvey | 2 months ago

STA Identity and Payments Summit stars mDLs but looks ahead to post-quantum future
Joel R. McConvey | 2 months ago

New database sheds light on decentralized identity projects across the world
Masha Borak | 2 months ago

Biometrics rolling towards relevance for automakers and drivers
Jack Shaw | 2 months ago

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What Trump’s tariff reversal (and escalation on China) means for the future of cybersecurity

By Vytautas Urbonas

Apr 28, 2025 - By Vytautas Urbonas, CMO at Ondato The Wall Street stock rally due to President Trump's consecutive actions, including the suspension…

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Caution urged as UK supermarkets check out facial recognition
Fraser Sampson | 5 days ago

Can AI predict who will commit crime?
Fraser Sampson | 3 weeks ago

Retailers are at risk of ID fraud – better defenses are now imperative
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Smooth travels: How airports are paving the way for widespread biometric technology adoption
Patrick Harding | 1 month ago

Surveillance, identity and the right to go missing
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Digital Identity in Developing Nations

With UN SDG 16.9 calling for legal identity for all by 2030, Biometric Update is taking a special in-depth focus on digital ID projects in developing countries.