The lack of a data protection impact assessment has scuttled Kenya’s government’s rollout of the Maisha Namba national digital ID…
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Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.
NIST updates biometric image quality assessment evaluation, seeks feedback
Image quality assessment algorithms are getting better at detection specific defects that will impact face biometrics match success, according to…
Clearview AI reaches preliminary deal to settle biometric data privacy lawsuit
Clearview AI has reached an agreement in principle to settle allegations that the facial recognition developer violated Illinois’ Biometric Information…
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Malaysia rolls out national digital ID, clarifies biometric enrollment details
Malaysia has begun enrolling citizens for its National Digital ID (NDID), with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim the first…
Interpol’s new multi-biometric system from Idemia goes live
Idemia is supplying fingerprint and facial recognition software to Interpol to aid in police investigations and border control functions, as…
Keyless goes independent, raises $6M, plans behavioral biometrics development
Keyless is spinning out from Sift, two years after being acquired by the fraud management provider, and has also raised…
Short seller sounds alarm on SenseTime revenues, citing smart city decline and fraud
SenseTime is defending itself from accusation of fabricating revenue, or at least a lack of risk management, by short seller…
MOSIP and Thales back national ID pilot for St. Vincent and the Grenadines
The southern Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is planning to pilot its national digital identity system…
DIATF up to 49 certified digital identity service providers with Daon, Sumsub additions
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has updated its list of digital identity service providers certified to…
