Scotland commissioner calls for expansion of biometric data oversight to justice system
Today, Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr. Brian Plastow published a report encouraging Scottish Ministers to consider extending oversight powers and the…
Articles By Bianca Gonzalez
Bianca Gonzalez is a freelance journalist. She has written for Next City, Bold Culture, Insider, and Infosec Institute.
Fully digital election with biometric remote voting planned for United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is introducing remote online voting with its Federal National Council elections scheduled for October 7, 2023….
US agencies expand Login.gov partnership to combat unemployment insurance fraud
The GSA and DOL of the United States announced that they are now offering all states the opportunity to use…
Flawed investigations, camera limitations plague Mexico City’s surveillance system
In the last decade, Mexico City has installed the largest video surveillance system in the Americas, altering the way criminal…
Increase in FinCEN fraud reports reveals growing urgency for digital identity
Digital identity could be key in the growing problem of identity related cases of fraud. The FinCEN Identity Project found…
Identity Operating System (idOS) launches to serve as digital ID layer of web3
Open-source chain-agnostic decentralized digital ID operating system idOS was launched today, according to a release from Fractal ID, one of…
CardLab gets $10M financing offer to support advance of biometric smart cards
US Capital Global Securities LLC has announced it has provided Danish biometric card provider CardLab with financial advisory services, resulting…
MSU researchers develop whole-body biometric recognition system with $12M grant
Michigan State University researchers have developed technology for long-range biometric identification, supported by a four-year federal grant from the Intelligence…
Researchers develop artificial ‘fingerprints’ that can be reset if breached
An artificial micro–fingerprints generator that uses cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) to generate cryptographic credentials that look similar to fingerprints, and…
Less 1:N facial recognition searches, data sharing proposed in Australia gov’t ID bills
The Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and accompanying amendments bill have been introduced in Australia’s parliament as a cut-down version…
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