Identity Day 2024: Marking progress and urgency
International Identity Day 2024 is being officially observed in dozens of countries around the world, and recognized by individuals and…
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Claim that DTC ‘is the strongest digital identity’ under the microscope
Many more people have and use digital identities than even a year ago, but there is significant variety in the…
White House AI policy a ‘seismic policy shift’ for biometrics developers and vendors
The World Privacy Forum (WPF) has logged its first impressions of the White House’s new AI policy, with a focus…
Digital ID deployment playing crucial role in African healthcare delivery
Stakeholders in the healthcare sector have agreed that digital ID, no matter what format it takes, can make massive contributions…
ID4Africa 2024 AGM adds 4th day to accommodate largest-ever program
The program for this year’s big ID4Africa in-person gathering has been released, unveiling a new kind of technology demonstration and…
Africa’s data protection action pushing digital ID forward
Major gains in digital identity policy and the related regulation of data privacy in many African countries provide practical lessons…
Prominent digital identity groups Kantara, WPF, Bitkom add leaders
Influential associations in digital identity technologies and biometrics Kantara Initiative, Bitkom and the World Privacy Forum (WPF) have added new…
A US-EU data privacy order signed in Washington. It’s the EU’s turn now
Call it mending fences or acknowledging political reality, the United States last week budged on its desire for less-fettered access…
Advocates still see a lot of danger for individuals using government digital IDs
Devout advocates of digital IDs run the risk of overlooking some significant misuses and bungled security setups. In principle, digital…
Ecosystems approach to biometrics can plug regulatory gaps, WPF argues
The regulatory holes and risks that accompany today’s laws for biometric technology will require a holistic ecosystem perspective with a…
